Stevens-Henager College : Ogden
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Stevens-Henager College : Ogden is a Mormon, For-Profit, Career, Institute established in 1959. The campus is located in Ogden, Utah, USA and hosts students with an endowment of .
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My wife was financially taken advantage of by SHC years ago. She’s been in deferment all these years with UHEAA just racking up intrest since she can’t afford it and she doesn’t want to pay them for SHC screwing her over.
Now that we’re married, it’s my problem. I’m trying to find the solution w/o paying on this the rest of our lives.
If there is any movement on a class action lawsuit, please email us!
[email protected]
I am upset, mad,confused and more. I’ve be getting my taxes taken due to the fact about a student loan. The National Credit Services said ,”I owed to this school”. Which is a lie. I don’t even have a high school diploma. How can I take any classes without a diploma or a GED. Everything I worked for throughout the year get took. Most of all taking from my children. My Lawyer will be in touch soon
Started last christmas enrolled while homeless, tried my best to complete all courses. Sadly my foundation wasn’t as strong as I hoped. Recently learned of mental health issues. Had to drop out after I lost all stability about sept.; cost was almost 40k for a 2 year associates degree. My end goal is merely to just rectify the debt I incurred from, this debauchal. Including tablet and laptop. Since, during my instability were lost the day I had a mental break down. So it doesn’t continue to affect my credit. And an oversize to how they conduct future, recruitment.
If there is a lawsuit please let me know.
[email protected]
I graduated from this “school” in 2012. Since then I have payed of my federal student loans from them. I was thinking of finally starting to pay of my private school loan from them, since my graduation year up untill now it’s been 6 years and 8 months. Meaning that the private loan I took from them has already meet the statue of limitations in utah, which is 6 years. That means the school can’t take me to court and garnish my wages anymore. Anyways I was looking through my email statements from them, one said I owed $16,581, the original balance was for $3,891, I understand interest and all of that but when I called the person in charge of my loan, they said it was about $12,000 and not $16,581 and that the school would accept a one time payment of $4,000 or $9,100 with a 6 months to 9 months repayment plan. I asked her if I payed off one of the settlement amounts if they would report it to the credit bueru (which by law they have to, a settlement stays on your credit history for 7 years), they said no. I asked them if I would get a tax form in the amount I didn’t payback, this counts as income when you file your taxes. They also said no. So yeah, all this sounds illegal as hell, not to mention the fact that the “collection agency” in charge of my loan isn’t really a collection agency, it’s just some random from the school. I mean all this time that private loan hasn’t effected my credit score, and since it has meet the statue of limitations, no real collection agency with half a brain would fucking take the loan on now. So if they can’t garnish my wages anymore (force me to pay) and it doesn’t effect my credit score, why the f**k would I pay it? Either way I’m getting a lawyer and having him talk to them and see if it’s even a real loan, I’m pretty sure I won’t need to pay anything. I’m not sure how other people got their wages garnished. Also all the reviews on here are all true, s**t “$chool”.
I am currently attending and am in my 4th mod. I have not experience any problems. Although I am not on campus and am taking online courses, I have received nothing but kindness and honesty. Whether it was communicating with fellow students, my teachers, or even the staff. I did not have any problems with financial aid, submitted all the proper work, classes paid for, and refund check received because I passed my classes with A’s. I’m not sure (based of the reviews) if the school was troubled before, but as a student in 2019 I have yet to experience any problems. As I continue on until my graduation date 2020 I will post another overall review. Not sure why people are saying why this is a scam? The staff is transparent (in my opinion) and easy to get into contact with.
I hate this school they scammed me of my money!!!!
I want to be included in any legal actions taken upon this school
my email is: [email protected]
I was a student here in the graphic design associates degree program. While I liked my time here, they screwed me over royally. My father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April 2018, which made my motivation for school drop dramatically so I was not passing my courses. They contacted about my poor grades and said I needed to get a doctor note from my dad’s oncologist and fill out an action plan. I tried for days to find out who my dad’s doctor is to get a note, and in the middle of all this they dropped me from the school. Mind you, I’m a 30-something year old adult who has not lived with her parents in ten years. I literally begged and pleaded with them to give me a few more days to gather the doctor note, but they refused to work with me. They also would not let me take a break from classes during all of this because it’s an “accelerated program”. Because they refused to give me a couple extra days to get a doctor note from the oncologist, I am tens of thousands of dollars in debt. I do have skills from the program but I will never get a job because I never completed the degree. They expect me to pay them an almost $3,000 balance now.
This school is an scam I started in January 8th this year but I had register last year in December in 2017 and but what pisses me of that they wouldn’t send me my poll grant money saying that they have to take it out to pay for my tuition and I’m stress and worried they saying if I don’t pay them by next week they end up dropping all of my classes because my Financial Aid situation I want drop out but I work my ass off taking 3 to 2 courses each month they stated that I need to mail them an NON-TAX RETURN IRS form saying that I haven’t work in 2016 or I getting drop out of school if I get drop out they ain’t getting these 2 laptops back sense they wanna be fucking scam or fraud and don’t wanna send me my money.
Hello,
I am currently a student here at I.U. in the RT program, 3 weeks from graduation I don’t want to go into details but I am wondering if there is a class action lawsuit or any one who is currently in the program thinking about a lawsuit.
If anyone find out if there are any lawsuit out against this university. I am 2016 graduate and this university gave me hell. Please contact me at [email protected]
LOOK I DON’T CARE NOBODY SAYS INDEPENDENCE UNIVERSITY IS A “SCAM” THEY DON’T WANT TO GIVE YOU GRANT MONEY THEY WANT TO TAKE ALL YOUR GRANT MONEY SEND YOU A CRAPPY TABLET WITH A KEYBOARD I WAS SCAMMED BY THEM I STARTED CLASSES IN OCTOBER OF 2017 SO IT WAS IN A COUPLE WEEKS THEN I CALLED THEM ONE DAY TO ASK ABOUT MY GRANT MONEY THEY SAID “YOU WANT RECEIVE ANYTHING ALL THAT WAS AWARDED TO US” I AM LIKE I THOUGHT Y’ALL WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE STUDENTS GRANT MONEY THEY SAID “NO WE DON’T GIVE STUDENTS GRANT MONEY BUT OTHER COLLEGES DO THAT” INDEPENDENCE UNIVERSITY OWES ME 16,000 IN GRANT MONEY SO THEN AFTER I DISCOVERED THAT I DROPPED AND THEN 2 MONTHS LATER WELL IN DECEMBER 2017 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM IU SAYING I OWE THEM $270.00 IN STUDENT LOANS I WAS LIKE I NEVER RECEIVED ANY LOANS FROM IU THESE WERE THE INSTRUCTORS I HAD TO CALL HELAMAN DIAZ LAUREN (I FORGOT HER LAST NAME) ADRIANA (I FORGOT HOW TO SPELL HER NAME AND FORGOT HER LAST NAME) IT WAS ALSO ANOTHER MAN BUT I FORGOT HIS NAME BUT ANYWAY THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST INDEPENDENCE UNIVERSITY WERE EVERYONE CAN FILE A CLAIM IF THERE IS A LAWSUIT ON INDEPENDENCE PLEASE LET ME KNOW EMAIL ME @ [email protected]
This outfit is a well organized fraud and very dangerous to potential students.
I was supposed to give my Associate’s Degree in Business Management/Accounting. They said that I already graduated, but they will not send my certification. However, they love to call me and bug me about paying them. I will not pay them anything. I worked very hard for 2 years for absolutely nothing. I just went there for not even a whole 2 years and I am 42,000 in debt. I am now still without any job and 42,000 in debt.
I want to be apart of any lawsuit for this school. I graduated in 2009 with an Associates Degree in Business Administration.
I want to be involved with the lawsuit against Independence University, I never recieved anything from this school except a crappy laptop. [email protected]
I graduated with an Associates degree in business, however they have overcharged for the course. I now have student loans in the amount of $40, 000 which is way over their $21,000 for my business degree. Anyone going into a lawsuit against Independence university, I WANT IN. Please contact me at the above email. Thank you
My freshman year and already want to leave if it wasn’t for the classes i wanted to be in.
I don’t think the workers of financial aid is doing their job like they should. Just to annoyed to go into details.
If there is indeed a lawsuit, I would be interested in being a part of it. Email- [email protected]
I attended the Logan campus from 2012-2014. $42,000+ in debt and have nothing to show. 3 years after graduating and still have not been able to work in my field of study, business management/ accounting. I was getting calls multiple times a day and numerous emails, all of which were of a more threatening style. I finally told the people who kept calling that once I could put the worthless piece of paper they gave me to use in a suitable and well paying position, I’d THINK about paying them back. But they wouldn’t see a penny from me until that happens. Still haven’t made one payment to them.
if there is a lawsuit going on email me at [email protected] or have the attorney call me at 435-226-3831 thank you
Is there a lawsuit going on because if there is let me get in on it
I attended this school starting August 2007 and graduated July 2010. Upon graduation with my “Bachelor’s degree in business administration and management” I was $70,000 in debt and nothing to show for it. The financial aide officer informed me that I owed them money a long with FASFA and they wanted immediate payments of a minimum of $700 a month and they wanted that payment to increase and have them paid back within two years. This did not include the payments to the student loans either. I was never able to get a job in my field let alone a job that pays more than 30,000 a year. They completely ruined my life and I have no idea how to fix it. The fact that this school is even still open is amazing to me! It needs to be shut down.
If anyone has any information to help me please email me at [email protected]
Phone: 80-989-1983
I AM ASKING TO BE UN-ENROLLED IMMEDIATELY. oh wait there is no option for that..
wtf did i sign up for
i just started last month, and the work is easy, but my tablet arrived in poor condition. The box was already messed up. My financial adviser never answers my questions. I was told that my left over pell grant money would decrease? I don’t know what’s going on, no one is willing to help me out. There’s too many problems going on. Even FAFSA couldn’t answer any of my questions. They didn’t understand what was going on.
This school over charges for their courses, take your money making you broke and homeless than force you to pay them back. I would NOT recommend this school to anyone, they should be shut down.
These people are rude. I thought about going here but never mind.
These guys were frauds from the get go. They screwed me over for life before I even turned 18 or graduated High school. I went for one year starting in 2007 and now I owe almost $20,000. Interest on top of Interest on top of Interest. And you can bet your @$$ I got a lawyer.
If you are interested in taking part in a class-action, email me at [email protected] or call Kris Kaufman at 801-394-6062. He really helped me out but I didn’t have much money anymore (thanks a lot SHC) and couldn’t pursue any further. Besides, the more people we can get in on this, the cheaper it will be if we split it amongst ourselves.
I am serious! This is FRAUD! They should not be able to get away with this!!!!
At first I loved this school, now, I should be laughing, it is the biggest joke. In this case and all the ones I’ve read below are no laughing matter. A one month course in Graphic design is absolutely rediculous. You get crammed info in a month and barely accomplish the tutorial of a class. I’ve learned more from Adobe tutorials and you tube than 90% of my courses. I got extremely sick and was down for two weeks. My associate dean and instructors said thet would work with me. Did they? Absolutely not. I have had problems submitting my assignments. It will say submitted. And supposedly They didn’t recieve them.
Explain this one ” you turn in all your work on time, get 100% on your assessment 1 miss 1 on assessment 2 have at least 4 to 6 daily check points and have a D in the class. It makes no sense.
The finacial dept. Are the biggest crooks. So you get financial aid, pale grants , mind you you don’t ever get grant they just take it upon themselves to put it toward tuition. Then for my remaining balance I get a statement in the mail stat ing that a loan company handling my student loan balances. So a loan company paid my loan, I won’t have to pay my loan back till I graduate yet they say I’m 400 behind on my payments. So if a loan company pays what you owe and you now owe them? How is it I owe the school. Non profit organization. I hope somebody looks into class action, or starts one.
when did your new session start?
I don’t understand this school at all I called about the refund and the lady told me that no students get no money back I was very confuse and I also have extra loans out…. Can someone please email me and tell that thus school does not steal our leftover money… If so I will be going to another school…
I applied at Stevens-Henager after attending their free diploma program as I am a high school drop-out. This is a great program as it is basically free education and great prep for your GED. They even paid for all the costs of the tests and were very supportive to me and others I observed. The teachers and staff are friendly, helpful and professional. I say applied but I don’t really mean it because they will enroll any fool willing to sign on the dotted line.
I attended from Jan. 2013 til Jan.2015 to get my associates degree in business with a emphasis in property management. Thats right, a full 2 years not the 18-20 months like they advertised and promised. I went straight through the summers and was constantly given courses out of order, didn’t have a dean to consult with for the first 6 months and was basically kept in the dark for the entire time I was there as to what my actual status was or what classes would be next.
The teachers were great people and very knowledgeable about the field they were in but I think only a few were actually qualified as teachers in the traditional sense. Apparently you don’t need to be certified to work there as long as somebody there or in the organization actually is. I took a couple of courses in computers and wasn’t able to get my certification due to the fact the teacher wasn’t yet certified either.(Quickbooks,etc…) I think the only teachers who were certified are the general education professors and the deans. I will say that they were all really great people and I look up to and appreciate all of them for all of their help. The classes were all very small with 7-10 students on average, many mods I only had 3-4 and a couple of mods I was the only student.
I should have shopped around, I agreed to their terms way too easy. They handled everything for me and in the matter of an afternoon I was in college, approved, accepted and enrolled with no real concept of what I had just done. I didn’t really realize the mistake I had made until I enrolled my sons in Weber the following summer. The whole reason I went back to school was to graduate before our two youngest children(twins) to try and set a good example for them. I thought enrolling in college would also inspire them to get an education so as not to struggle through life like I have.
It was so easy and they sold me on small class sizes, one on one teacher interaction and on campus classes. Until I enrolled the most I had used the computer is look at it or stack things on, I had never even sent an email correctly. Running my own business, I needed training and understanding as I have witnessed many friends and colleagues fail due to their lack of knowledge of business and taxes. I basically needed to learn how to use a computer.
They gave me a computer when I enrolled and it did the job. I’m still using it but I found out that it is basically a $500 unit and I’m sure that they got a bulk deal so they paid even less. My books were all free and they actually have a policy of letting you take whatever you would like of the old books they are no longer using, of which I have a pile. After I realized what I was paying for I made it a point to grab as many as I could, knowledge is expensive and books are full of it. The librarians and staff are very helpful and accommodating to all your needs as a student.
My problems arose as I tried to take more classes to graduate quicker, many mods I would only have one class.The classes were crammed into a month and they still seemed a little too easy. I think that almost everyone gets an “A” and is on the dean’s list. Two and a half hours a day per class, twice a week, which is basically 20 hours of instruction to get everything out of that subject you can. If they gotta skip over sections of the book or just call it good halfway through then that seems to be par for the course. I don’t think anybody fails regardless of their scores and definitely not their effort. There were a lot of students who dropped out from one reason or another and after talking to several of them, I decided to finish because they weren’t able to get any money back and/or ended up responsible for the entire amount of their degree.
How much is their tuition you ask? $42,000 for an associates and $75,000 for a bachelors degree, that was at the time of enrollment Jan.2013, it has gone up since then. They took my FASFA money($11,000) and then gave me a scholarship($3,000 if I kept a 3.0) which left me responsible for about $25,000. I take full responsibility for that, they explained that to me in the beginning and I knew that full well.
What I didn’t expect is them running into a situation where they couldn’t offer me the classes they promised me, then trying to talk me out of my emphasis courses so I could graduate on time. I had many mods that I only had one class and wanted another but could not take more because they told me it was the way my student loan would allot the funds. I got frustrated after not getting any classes and others out of order, 200 and 300 series classes before I took 100, not being able to certify me for classes I already took and being shuffled around when I asked for answers. I wanted to take my last summer of ’14 off to work and since they currently didn’t have the classes I needed to finish my degree. That is when I found out the only way to do that is to un-enroll, give back the computer and pay the difference of the new cost of enrollment, $2,000 more.
A couple of months before graduation I checked with the financial office to make sure there was no problems so I could make plans to attend Weber($5,700 a year approx.) in the winter. They said all was well and I continued until Jan. 2015 when I graduated, 4 months late. When I went to Weber they informed me that my FASFA money for the semester had already been used at Stevens-Henager. I had started my last mod in Dec. ’14 and as far as I knew they were paid up. I couldn’t register because I didn’t have the money from FASFA and didn’t want any more debt.
Now the kicker, after maintaining a 3.8 GPA and putting up with a lot of BS from them, I was finally done. At my exit interview they informed me that I owed them $8,800 for some fees they couldn’t explain. They wanted me to “Just run down to your bank and get a loan.” Guess what, I still don’t have a job and I’m already in debt $33,000 with interest. I argued and they said they would call me. No calls and I came back two more times and the result was the same. They would send me home assuring me that it would all be taken care of. I could not walk with my class and still don’t have my degree in hand because they seem to think I still owe them $9,000.
To top it all off, I have to start over at Weber because they, or any other college, doesn’t accept their credits. I would definitely warn others to shop around and get your education elsewhere. Non-Profit my @##, what kind of college wants more money after you have already paid them at enrollment. Buyer Beware!!!!
This “school” is a joke! They steal funds then charge the student private loans without their knowledge and give them thousands of dollars of debt at the end of their education. Teachers can’t spell correctly most of the time; are obviously unqualified. One big joke!!!
This school is the absolute worst! I have a great insider thankfully in admissions. Other than that; my request for the information to the Dean of the school has been ignored due to some legal concerns. My teachers were a freaking joke! The teachers teaching should not be allowed to work as a damn teacher! For only three classes that I agreed too, the school fk-ed up and put me into the wrong classes not once, but twice! Some how a loan that I did not sign for was taken out in my name. My entire pell grant is gone and I received quite a considerable amount. Plus the money that was to go into the school the agreed upon amount……. Never counted towards my classes. The school tried taking $43k out in my name. FRAUDULENT!
This school is a joke, I will be seeking a lawyer. The school tried taking out $43k in my name with out consent then when I was stressed beyond belief and sick from the stress with my unborn child in the mix, they ha the balls to try and tell me to return the comp and tablet they sent 6 months late and none of the credits “supposed credits” are transferable! The teachers are a sham and the school workers refuse to give the Deans number so I can talk to them in person or over the phone. IM SUING! FK this place! Not worth anyones time…
I didn’t attend, I have a group of friends who went through the courses, passed their classes and then couldn’t graduate or take the state exam. SH is not accredited at this time, they are up for review in the FAll of 2016 This is a Scam School, they will take your money and leave you without anything to show for all your work.
HAI MAM / SIR
i want some information about this SHC ..
how munch fee pay for masters international students?
how is accommodation ?
please tell me..
They got me on a “We are accredited, and will give you a laptop scam.” not one credit no pc and 10k debt for half a term. Still have not refunded the government for the money they embezzled.
Very rude enrollment advisors was contacted over and over and harassed when I finally answered the phone I spoke with advisor Holly Rains which probably a fake name. I already had a Bachelors Degree in Business Management and I was looking to get a Masters degree in Healthcare management. There were mistakes from the start we worked on getting me enrolled starting the first week in October. I was promised a lap top and tablet which I later found it was for Bachelors degree only. I did my financial aide gave all types of statements for the financial aid office. Holly Rains which was my advisor not only misinformed me of GPA policy but got my enrollment wrong three times the first she signed me up for a Bachelors degree in Healthcare services which is not what I asked for. I told her I wanted a Masters in Health care services and she states all they had available was an MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship which I agreed to at first but then I went online and saw that the Masters for Health care management was available I called her back and we changed it. Coming to the week before class I was then informed by Holly Rains that I needed to write a essay for get into the Master’s program at this point in time after all the the misinformation I was done. After all of that she then told me that my grade point average was not high enough for the Master’s program and that I would have to get a Bachelor’s degree I told her no this is not what I was told from the beginning. If I had been told that I would not had wasted this much time. She then told me she would have her manager call me his name is Wendell Guillary never received a call. I called her back left messages she would never respond. October 29th I contacted admissions to speak to a Supt spoke Rocky he directed me back to Mr Guillary even gave me a phone number in which a Monica answers as her voice mail phone is 602-589-9876. I called back several times and was stone walled. Spoke to a admissions advisor named April she transferred me to a Supt named Nicole and when I started telling her what had transpired she hung up on me. I have never in my life been treated so badly by any company, school, etc in my life. These people do not have any integrity at all! They do not honor their mistakes they offer no apology or explanation for any misinformation……Beware!
I have had enough of this school. Some of my teachers aren’t exactly the best but they’re great people. The people who signed me up are wonderful, but other than the people I have to talk to on a daily basis the school computer is joke. Everything else is a joke. Financial department is a joke! I’m a current student and I’m going to push for my money back. This is ridiculous I should’ve gone with USU.
I’m a Current SHC student This is the absolute worst school! The teachers are NOT qualified to be teaching I am in the medical specialties program. I hated the fact I was told my student aid money was good then I was told I had A UEH HOLD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WELL WHEN I CALLED THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THEY INFORMED ME I NEVER HAD A UEH HOLD THE FINANCIAL AID DEPARTMENT IN OGDEN IS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME I HAD A UEH HOLD THE GUYS NAME IS KYLE FIELD THEN TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 16,800.00 OUT OF POCKET THIS SCHOOL IS A SCAM AND I HOPE THEY GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE
I am still trying to find a job in the field I spent four years at this school trying to achieve. I graduated and have still been constantly hounded about going for a master’s degree even though there was never a master’s program in graphic design. FYI having a degree in graphic design is absolutely worthless if you do not have 5 years experience in the field or at least extensive knowledge of web design. I only agreed to complete the bachelor’s degree because there was supposed to be a huge discount. I also didn’t know that there would be multiple loans taken out and that I would be paying for this degree for the rest of my life. Oh and career services that was the biggest slap in the face for me. I only went to college after suffering a career ending injury, so with the promise of services to help find employment after graduation was ideal since I did not have experience in the field I was going into. Come to find out afterward that the career services person I was assigned to was of no help to me what so ever. He just kept telling me I had to apply my previous experience to what I learned in school. Well news flash being a mechanic has almost nothing in common with graphic design. So all I am now is a former mechanic with a useless degree in graphic design. I started a business but I could have done what I am doing now with out being $57,000 in debt and incurring interest at a rate where I will be dead before I can pay off the loan.
I’m still trying to pay off this joke of a college. They promised me a free laptop to use for schooling, said I could enroll on-line, they said I would graduate in 6 months, I did not graduate in 6 months due to the fact I lived 3 hrs away from Ogden campus and they wanted me to drive the whole way back and forth. They said all these nice cool things to me to get me to sign my name on the student loans papers and then left me high and dry… the professors would do test over chapters they did not assign for homework and fail you so you could not pass and move on..it became a real joke and I eventually could not take the driving back and forth and the time for idiots running a circus instead of a campus. The Dean was non-existent and teachers just didn’t care… Be smart do not enroll… I’m paying 45,000 dollars for 3 months of schooling from this cracker jack run place. They should be in trouble for fraud and false advertising… they won’t get in trouble because there a college…
Please contact me
If you were scammed by Independence University (Or its other “school” names)please email me! I am looking for people to join me in a Class Action Lawsuit!! Speak up! Email me! This business is a scam and I will not stop until we get our money back! [email protected]
STAY AWAY THIS SCHOOL!!!!!!!!1
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This is the absolute worst school! The teachers are NOT qualified to be teaching anything! I got through my medical specialties program. I hated the fact I didnt have a choice to quit after I realized they just want to take all my money! At the end of my program u wasnt given my diploma nor was I invited to attend or even told about MY graduation! After a few months of being done I realized things werent adding up as far as my grades, attendence, and all the extra money they claimed I owed them outside of my huge ass student loans. I made an apt with the so called “president” Vicky Dewsnup to discuss the issues I found after careful review by my self threw my entire attendence record, grades, and charges. She was shocked and uneasy about the fact I brought in evidence supporting my findings. She reluctantly awarded me some of the refund I deserved. She changed my grades, raised my GPA and updated my attendence record due to my own findings and proof. Had I not brought many issues to her attention nothing would have been done. She asked how I had access to my attendence grades etc as I had graduated and should no longer have access to the student portal. This “problem” was also fixed immediately so I would no longer have access to MY records. Why hide the truth if there’s nothing wrong!? I have had many negative encounters with the employees of the ogden campus. One very recent encounter was just a month ago. I was told my private loan with them was being forgiven due to a death discharge because my mom had passed away and was my co signer. As far as my federal loans are concerned they need more proof. So I made an apt with the buisness office. In particular Kyle. We began looking over the papers in my file, because I was told by Kyle I could come in to review my information and get copies of everything I wanted. I asked for copies of everything containing my moms signature. He made copies of the first few papers. He then became very angry with me and shut my file claiming I didnt have rights to any of MY information and that he was told by other facility members to not talk to me. After being called a witch and being told my loan was discharged because they were “sick of dealing with me” I left. I called the department of education and department of higher education to find out the laws and rules as far as MY information. There is no law or regulations stating I dont have access to my information. I was told once again to talk to the “president” Vicky Dewsnup to resolve the issue. She has done nothing to solve the issue other then a slap on the wrist to kyle and not for filling her promise to me to send me all paperwork containing my moms information. NEVER go to this pathetic school! It will be the worst mistake you’ll make in your life and it will be an on going very frustrating battle with them to the end. Im counting on all there pending lawsuits to fix my problems with them. Any credits you earn here will never be transferable or accepted by any real college. Keep my information in mind before you sign on the dreaded dotted line!
How long does it take to get my refund check cause its things I need to print and it takes money for all of these things. Does anyone know.Is it at the end of the 4th week?
I have spent less in two years at utah state university
Than I did in 7 months at stevens.
Biggest mistake of my life. I feel like
The teachers aren’t really qualified.
It’s a rip off. Plus they call me all the
Time! I will never go back to their
School.
I am a current student at SHC in Boise. I am in the Medical Specialties for an Associate’s Degree. Honestly, I can see where some of the complaints are coming from (as far as SHC overall or the Boise campus but I feel I see more pros than cons. I started in March of 2014, about to end my 6th Mod. I feel I have gained so much knowledge into the medical world that I didn’t know before. This is from a person who has worked for CMS twice and spent most her life in Doctor Offices and Hospitals until about the age of 12. Is this college cheap? Not really. However, I was my sibling in laws struggling to find money for their books and freaking out when their computer breaks (one of them doesn’t own a computer). I have never had to worry about this. I walked in, had a laptop handed to me and we have tech on campus. Every Mod, I walked in and had my book(s) handed to me, no muss no fuss. Sadly, due to family obligations this is going to be my final mod with this school (moving across country) but I would have gladly finished this degree and feel jobs would have been available. When local companies saw I was with SHC, I would get an interview at their office. So many local medical companies work with SHC for externship and jobs that I would never have worried about finding a job after graduation. I don’t know about the other courses offered, I only know my own personal experience. I wish others would have had the same encounter I did with this school.
Pros:
Small Classes
Instructors that work in the field they teach
Facilities have hands on labs to use(such as an x-ray machine)
Beautiful school/Location
Laptop and Books(supplies) included in tuition costs
Cons:
Expensive
Me again….Forgot to mention that we were told we HAD to take lunches, and they restricted overtime….but we were forced to “package” more and more and more students. We were not given the option to take sick time – and noone was able to take their hard earned vacation time because if we did and didn’t make our “quotas” we would be fired?!?! This is no exxageration people….it is the truth. I moved to another college and am back to being a Financial Planner (Financial Advisor) – and am able to give prospective students the FULL picture of what their financial responsibility will be upon graduation…as it should be. In a year of my being at this new college, I’ve not ONCE been threated to be fired for not making a unreachable quota!
I worked as a Financial Planner at Stephens Henager’s online college – Independence University. Management pressured us every waking minute to “package” students. The number of “packages” continues to be increased, therefore forcing Financial Planners to rush student’s through the financial aid process – barely skimming over what their fees are. At the other colleges I worked for, we actually were “FINANCIAL PLANNERS” – and we had time to assist the students so they knew exactly what they were getting into. Not SHC / IU. They just want the $$, and they do not give a rats ARSE about the students. The school buys”lists” of names of students to contact, and I would guess that at least 85% of the students we contact are below poverty level. Many prospective students are on fixed incomes (SSI, etc). We promise them a “free laptop” – but many of them don’t even have the money for internet access!?! (But we don’t tell them they need it)….So immediately upon starting school they are being harassed to get somewhere (McDonalds, Starbucks, Library, etc.) to log into class, or they will be dropped and will owe a portion of their loans – and will have to return the laptop “on their dime”. I had one student who lived in Detroit. He had no car, and would have to walk (in blizzards) to get to the nearest bus stop just to get to the library to “log into class”. So, as you might be able to see by now…this school lures students in by stating that going to IU will help better their circumstances….but the cost of tuition is so high that even if these people qualify for Pell Grants and Stafford loans, they are STILL required to make an “in-house” payment. We are instructed to tell the students we can take as little as $15 per month….but we do not go into depth on the how much their payment will go up once they have graduated…..then their Stafford Loans will kick in 6 months later. Some people will end up paying close to $300 per month (or more) and will still only make minimum wage even WITH an Associates degree from this (or any) school. It became more and more difficult to feel good about doing my job. My heart would break for these people. Management did little or nothing to help these students. “get them packaged – even if they “false start”. The Director of the school hid in his office and rarely spoke with any of his very hard working employees….he allowed his lower managemtn to gossip and create a very poor working environment based on scaring the employees with losing their jobs. We lived in CONSTANT fear! This was the WORST working environment I’ve EVER experienced! EVERYONE PLEASE STAY AWAY!
I loved going to stevens henager, but after I graduated I found out that most jobs do not recognise stevens henager as an accredited college and that most of what they taught was just basic information that is taught in high school. My loans are at $35,000 plus and I cant find a job to pay them back. I signed up at provo college for a second degree and their program taught me 3 times more than stevens henager ever did. Im pretty pissed. I just want my loans from stevens henager forgiven.
i was in college af
ter the gulf war stevens would not accept gi bill instead made me take out loans and then i was sick for three months. when i returned they said i was expelled and i payed back the loans thru tax returns that the utah higher education took for years on end.still taking tax returns from me. both are corrupt .i need a lawer help.
Holding Diploma
I graduated in 2011. It took me 2 years to get a straight answer about my graduation diploma. I talked to many employees and nobody gave me a straight answer. I worked really hard to pay off my school balance and my school loans. Paying them all on time. After two years of trying, I got an email from my school explaining why they still haven’t sent my diploma, it’s been about two years later. They said even though i’ve been making daily payments for my school, and balance. They still can’t release my diploma til it is all paid off. Like i’m supposed to pull 10k out of a hat.
This is completely ridiculous. I am paying off my loans, and paying the school. Yet I still can’t get what i’m entitled to? I’m sorry but that is ridiculous, and i’m filing a complaint. It took me two years to get straight answers, basically going from person to person being told one or the other. No it doesn’t work that way, not with any college or any graduate of a college. You go to school, you pay for it, and you get what you’re entitled to. Just not from Stevens-Henager.
The school has a terrible reputation too. Please look up Lee Berger the former dean of the Ogden, UT college and what kind of ethics this school has. Terrible, Terrible. Listen to the complaints and do your research and DO NOT ATTEND THIS SCHOOL.
Stevens Henager College used deceptive trade practices in duping me in to enrollment with college. Additionally, financial aid office committed fraud in student aid. I was contacted by telephone from Stevens Henager College in late October of 2012 to consider enrollment in their online college. During my enrollment process I was repeatedly lied to by my admission adviser, his superior who claimed to be the manager of student financial aid and other school officials. Said prevarications included promises of being provided full eBooks and text books that I could download and text books that would be sent to me. Additionally, I was promised that I would have access to the colleges learning portal for life so that I would be able to come back and use the resources to help me ‘brush up’ later on the things I had learned while attending their college. Finally, I was promised a $3,500 rebate on my tuition upon completion of my third month of attendance with their college. On January 15th, 2013, in response to a financial award letter I received on 1/14/2013 from the colleges financial aid department, I sent a letter to the colleges financial aid department requesting that they cease all activity in obtaining funding from federal student loans and a Pell grant. On February 4th, 2013, the college withdrew funds from the US Treasury in the amount of approximately $7,500 without my authorization and in direct conflict with my demand that the college cease all activities in obtaining federal student loans and a Pell grant in my behalf. This is a violation of the Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 634, and constitutes theft. On 3/19/2013, I sent an email to the college’s financial aid office asking them to return the aforementioned funds to the treasury department. The college replied very rudely informing me that they denied ever receiving my aforementioned letter to them, a fax and or email concerning the same. The college demanded that I provide proof that I sent the aforementioned letter. In response, I replied back to the college stating that I would initiate a lost letter claim the USPS and encouraged them to do the same. Additionally, I conveyed to the college that regardless of whether or not they had received said letter, that their reply proved that they received a copy of the letter from the email they replied to. Therefore, under the aforementioned code of federal regulations, I further requested that they consider the letter they now admitted to have as a request to return my student loans and Pell grant back to the US treasury and or whatever source they received it from. As of this date, my wife and I have sent several more emails to the college concerning the same, but they have never replied to us again. Both my wife and I called the college on numerous occasions and have repeatedly been told that there was no one available in their financial aid department to talk with us. On 2/25/2013 my wife called and asked to talk with the Director of the College. A man answered the phone and told her to “stop f-cking calling the school.” In March of 2013, I contacted several of my class mates to find out if they were experiencing similar problems with the school. Numerous people have told me that they were lied to by their admissions advisers during the enrollment process. One student told me that he was also promised a life time access to the learning portal for educational resources so that he could come back at later times to brush up on what he learned. He also told me that he was lied to about being provided eBooks and text books. Additionally, another student informed me that she had been contacted by someone at the school claiming to be a compliance person who asked her if she would file a complaint against me for harassment for my contacting her by email asking her about her experiences with the school. She immediately told them that I had not been harassing her. The person she talked to became very belligerent with her and threatened to expel her from school if she did not cooperate with them. Stevens Henager College is nasty organization to get involved with. If you are currently thinking about enrolling with these scumbags, do not do it. They will lie to you, rip you off and who knows what the heck they are doing with your personal and credit information.
Stevens Henager College is a waste of time. They will lie to you from the first day of contact. The majority of their instructors are morons who do not have a clue how to teach. They will charge you three times the tuition that a good school charges. Please take a look at a Facebook paged called Stevens Henager College Unbiased Reviews. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stevens-Henager-College-Unbiased-reviews/355418927898408
This is a great Facebook page because numerous web sites with complaints about SHC are all posted there. Kind of like a one stop place for all the information you may or may not want to know about this diploma mill. There is also a very good article about the school called Stevens Henager College Diploma Mill Exposed at http://getoffthebs.com/the-truth-about-stevens-henager-college-online/ The article was actually written by some of their current employers. In one part of the article, the SCH admission advisor talks about comments around the water cooler where students are referred to as ‘stupid.’ Definitely a great read.
So I’m reading these reviews that appear to mostly be from people without the wherewithal to complete a college level program, now complaining about debt and lack of opportunities that they take no responsiblitity for. Did I miss something? I’m in a Masters program at the school and I was not promised a job at the end only assistance to find one. I was not asked for money, I of course completed my financial aid documents in a timely manner and made sure I understood what was and was not paid for. The school isn’t perfect but it isn’t a scam either. The class are real and you certianly need to do more than just show up.
If you are looking for a school that will send you a refund check and make your classes easy, this is not yoru school, if you have a specific reason why you want to go to college and don’t want to waste your time in a 50-1 community college classroom or a state college 200-1 lecture hall with their set hours, it si a decent option.
this school suck. my dean told me to take a couple mods off because of a death in the family so i did and when i came back they said that my grade are to low for me to stay in this school when there where B and C maybe on or two D but that is normale for me so i no longer go there and it crap i did what my dean told me to do and i got srawed in the long run.
tried to get my GED here at the boise campus. its a GED. HOW HARD CAN IT BE, RIGHT? wrong. its not the GED material itself that was difficult; from the moment i stepped in there, i had no idea what i was doing. there was never anybody there telling you what to do, you just blunder around the building like an idiot, asking people what to do until you get to someone who doesnt act like they work at staples but hangs out in a college for some reason. it was EMBARRASSING. i felt like a child walking around all confused, asking people where to go and what to do everytime because there was no instructor there half the time; i felt so belittled and annoyed, especially because it seemed like everyone else knew what the hell to do. every time i walked into the building, it was an embarrassing, anxious experience, and before this i had never even been inside of a college before. it could literally be the worst place on earth, and i would have no idea yet the second i stepped in there i felt clueless, and nothing turns me off more than feeling like im 14 again, having to have someone hold my damn hand all the time in what is supposed to be a PROFESSIONAL institution.
cons
-little instruction
-little management
-they will try to leech you the entire time
pros
-beautiful receptionist
dont go here
I began with SHC last year enrolling in Bach deg for Web Design. So far they still can’t make up their minds if it is a Graphic Arts or Computer Sciense course. I was going fine until I took my first Illustrator course. This is when they rolled out their Daily Checkpoints. At the time I was carrying a 4.0 GPA. The Daily Checkpoints ruined my GPA, and the fact the inmstructor felt my work was simply “copied” information. I argued with the Dean who couldn’t explain to me why she thought I uploaded a Jpeg. The Daily Checkpoint questions are the worst. They make no sense, and if they require you to follow a link to read some info or watch a video half of them don’t work. I am currently enrolled, an about ready unenroll and let them try to take money from me; gets me into court for free! I am frustrated to no end right now. Both my classses require the use of Adobe InDesign, a program I have used once. However, one instructor recommends I take time to learn it on my own to continue with the current cirriculum. Oh, I have loads of time to do that. I spoke to my Academic Advisor who didn’t know what to do. I spoke with him to today and was told that the Registrar feels since I took Photoshop and Illustrator I should be well prepared for these classes. Gee I guess knowing how to use a text editor should make you an expert a MS Office too, right?! And how the heck would they know?! I am in week two of my courses, and have done zero assignments. Now I have a call into the Dean of Graphic Arts. It took two days to hear from my Academic Advisor, let’s see how long this takes. Oh, and I believe the Dean I will be talking to will be the one that talked to me like I was fifteen when I contested my final grade in Illustrator. I have a feeling I am older than she is, and she needs to learn respect for those who are paying her salary. My best advice do what I’m gonna do, RUN!! Avoid this college like it is the plague. I’m tired of doing the leg work and sitting in limbo. No one can give me a straight answer. I don’t have time to learn a new program, and should I really have to? I am going to school to learn from the college courses, not on my own!
Worst college ever
Okay – well after reading the reviews here, I see where the only positive ones are from students who can’t spell or write properly. I heard they preyed on the unintelligent but didn’t believe it until I came to this site. Holy cow! I can’t stop laughing! I am certainly avoiding this school!
Ok so i have read what people are saying and i have stuff to say to. First i do like this school but at the same time i do not like the way it is run. I work hard for my grades. 4 months back i had a medical emergency and was told that i could be on hold for 2 months well it was a lie and i have to pay for 3 classes that i did not take and have to repeat. Almost all the people i worked with when i entered the school only 2 that i know of are still there. I do like it that they gave me a laptop even if i have to pay for it as i cant aford one as i am on ssi and ssdi. It has aloud me to attend class. But when they did that a few months ago the shut my laptop off and i had to pay 50 just for them to let me use it again. I am all up for a class action on them . As much as i enjoy my classes and class mates I have to say that i am still there due to the fact that it will cost me lots if i drop out and i know that for a fact. I want to let you know that i do think that they are over priced but the teachers that i have had are great. I can still call some of them Mods latter. so regardless of what we read pleas do what you think is right
No not every school is perfect by all means. I got my MA at this school and I loved it!! The teachers at the
Provo campus are amazing! They helped me out so much. I do agree that the
Program is very expensive I would recommend going somewhere cheaper. I would also recommend
If you are going to the medical program to get all your certifications it will be worth it
you will have more options if nothing else works out.
I have read all of the stories on here. I really have to say that I am enjoying this school and I have been here almost two months now. I never had a problem with anyone. For the ones who had problems I can understand.I had those moments as well. Yes, the amount you would have to pay is high but at the same time a lot of colleges and universities I have went to or viewed were as high as SHC. Everyone has a choice to go there or not. If you have signed the paperwork you knew what you were getting yourself into. It is no ones fault but yours. Everyone has their views about adminstrators, the dean, or instructors. All instructor won’t know everything you are expecting them to know. So giving a college a try doesn’t hurt. Its the experience you get. Now if you have received an instructor that did not intruct the way you expected then its not your fault they were hired and then its not the school’s fault either. Its the instructor who taught the instructor in the first place or that instructor didn’t learn well by applying what you are trying to get yourself. Now if you look at the bigger view and you were taught well and you got hired to teach, mostly likely students would said they like they way you teach. Now if you wasn’t taught well and you were teaching students would say why did they hired a instructor that didn’t get a positive evaluation about what that person learned in order to be an instructor. Everyone has to look at the point of view and see where you fit in if that was you teaching. How would you feel if someone told you the same thing. Do they know you? Do they know where you was going to school at? Does the boss who hired you knew what you are taught and did they test you enough for you to teach? Ask yourself those questions. Then you can see why they do what they do and you do what you do. Choices. Just put your shoes in there. You can’t really pin point the answers until you are there. I have never been there to see. I have experience a lot of schools are troublesome and high pricy but who is at fault for signing the papers and not knowing the true details. Just because there is bad rep at many colleges and they take your money all school will. The workers who work there are trying to make a living just as you are doing what is expected of them. They didn’t write the instructions for them to teach the students, they didn’t write the prices of what a degree cost. They are going by what their boss or the school’s policy is. If you are working don’t you have to follow their rules. Don’t you hear people talking about the companies people work at. Fact is don’t blame people for doing their job that they can’t change it. SO good luck to the ones who don’t see the big picture and Good luck to the ones who does like the college cuz i do my self and never had a problem. The people I speak with are very concern and caring and then someone of them are students themselves.
One more thing they are doing in San Diego to get students is that they have a commercial on the radio about a free GED in six weeks, Im sure lot of those young guys will fall in their trap after that.
Thank you so much, they have a school in San Diego call California College and i am hearing the same bad reviews, almost gave them my 911 GI Bill.
One star so i can submit the post, I would have never known by the wonderful presentation I got at the admissions Office
I earned my Masters Degree online from Stevens-Henager in 2009. Looking at these posts, I must have been the fortunate one. I never had any issues with financial aid and my instructors were good. My employer accepted the Degree ( I dont live in Utah) and the school I am currently studying my Doctorate degree in Business Administration accepted the credits.
This is neither a positive or negative review, and I do not work for Stevens or college america. It could be the course and the degree. I already had a bachelors and I was not studying graphic design, or the other degrees that people seem to have written about.
If you have any interest, dont believe what you hear, or are told, and see and be able to read and understand the contract before you sign it. Of Course, that goes for every school you may have an interest in.
Horrible does not describe this college! I would have to question the creditability of this college. Terrible staff that uninformed and lacks professional practices. Inconsistent communication and inaccurately communication about costs. This is one of the highest cost online schools and the curriculum is horrible! I am already in the field and much of the “information” being provided was not accurate, which is scary!!!! I personally feel this was a horrible decision and has increased my tuition debt to 80,000! Do you know how much that is!?!? To not be taught accurate and valuable curriculum! I hope students take the time to research and wish I had listened to these reviews.
http://Www.stevenshenagersucks.com
You think Stevens Henager is the only school with reviews like this? Take a close look at Everest, Phoenix, and ESPECIALLY AI. At least Stevens Henager is still accredited. AI is being sued by the government for 11 million on fraud:
http://www.petapixel.com/2011/09/02/us-gov-sues-the-art-institutes-for-11-billion-fraud/
Here’s some negative info on University of Phoenix:
http://ssaffery.hubpages.com/hub/University-of-Phoenix-Fraud–Huge-Scam
Lawsuits against Everest:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50363247-76/everest-miller-students-credits.html.csp
Honestly, a regionally accredited school is light years ahead of any national accreditation. Regional > National. Out of all of the nationally accredited “for profit” schools, Stevens Henager is one of the better ones. It’s all relative. Many people have graduated from all of these schools and have been successful. For every dissatisfied person there’s 10 satisfied people from any school. Do your own research and make up your own mind. You can find negative info on ANY school. My sister attended Stevens Henager and graduated in 2010. She has a good paying job she loves. I’ve worked in lead generation for all of the above mentioned schools (and many more) for over 5 years now. I know a lot about for-profit schools. In my opinion and from what I’ve seen over the years, AI is the worst. If you want to go to Stevens Henager, then go. If you don’t, then don’t. I think they’re getting a bad rap here when many other schools deserve the negative press more than Stevens Henager. Just my $.02.
Where to start? Believe it or not, I am a current employee with this institution. Someone, somewhere is making a whole boatload of money and it is not the employees. A faculty member makes $1100 per class. Students are charged close to $2500 or more per class. At the current rate of 30 students to 1 faculty member. This is $75,000 per class. Where in the world is the money going? It certainly is not paying for quality of programs. Unfortunately, word has got out about the school. As such, the school is trying to change names and operate under Independence University. Management has watched a falling enrollment/completion rate and knows that its reputation is non-existent (look at above comments). Employers will not look at individuals with a degree from Stevens Henager and so instead of resolving the problem they got together and thought, “hmmmmm what should we do – I know – let’s just continue what we are doing and operate under a new name.” And hence the new Independence University was born. Do yourself a favor, do your family a favor and post on your Facebook page to absolutely avoid this institution. Unless, you have $80,000 to burn and want a worthless degree, DO NOT GO HERE!
please do not go to this school. this school is a scam. i applied and i told them i cannot go to this school the classes havent even started and i also have not received an acceptance letter. they told me i have to pay a whole years tuition and i havent even started the school. please do not go here unless you dont care for education and you dont mind being broke the rest of your life.
p.s. i hate to even give them a star
I first started this school in 2009 but had to drop because family issues. Later I got a call from Collections that told me i owed 2500 dollars. Girl told me to start paying 120 every month and ill be good. So i did few months got it down to 1600 and the school called me and asked for me to come back. So i figured sure they can pull my credit from the debt and i can pay that off. So i Called school, they said i owed 2200 and then told me to call the debt collections and i called 2 weeks and the girl finally called back told me she couldnt talk to me because the debt was picked up from the school. so i called the school back they said it was and that it would be put into my next payoff debt. and that was 2300 dollars BEFORE I GOT MY DIPLOMA! So i called Bret, he told me I only owed 784 for the last time so i paid that off. They finally gave me my transcripts. I went to classes for 2 courses and they still say now i owe 3400. I have got nothing but a Run around from this school! I would recommend not even trying! Go to DEVRY they are Cheaper! and dont give students this much hassel! To this day I still do not know what I owe for this school and have asked every person at this school to find out and still no answer. I think if you get ripped off in the loans for student aide why pay a school… Its not fair to treat people like crap. I have been really nice and have offered to pay anything but for 2 classes and not even get a computer or anything from it should not be 3400 dollars out of my pocket! This school is a fail school! Yes easy A. But costs way more then others. Im going for my asso. in accounting and it would cost me 50k for this school and 30k for Devry! I take my business elsewhere!
Wow! I just finished their G.E.D. program and LOVED it! The teachers were so amazing that I made an appmt. to speak w/ an advisor. After reading all of these posts, I’m so disappointed. I am in Idaho so I would like to see more reviews from the schools here. But I will start looking into different Colleges to attend. So sad.
I came on this site to research and see if there is any lawsuite because i too am a disgruntled ex-student. I stayed for about a year in graphic design, then they switched “profesors”half way through semester and the new one was clueless, i went to the dean and recieved a cold shoulder, he wasnt willing to do anything or document it. So i stopped going and found out through workforce services how brutally raped i was. Now im dealing with creditors for my loans and dont feel i should have to pay for false services that were not rendered. I tried to transfer credits but was a waiste of time. Now i cant continue my education. I am more than willing to join an action. The education system should assist and further peoples lives, not prevent it and ruin credit. SHC needs to be shut down and face repercussions for false advertisement and conning the community. Anyone with fu rther info on what and how to do so lease contact me. C.maynard37@ gmail.com
It is funny how some people are coming out and giving positive feedback about the school after hearing that a lawsuit against the school is underway. Highly questionable!!!!! I am a former student of this “school” and i would not recommend this school to my worst enemy. All i can remember are the countless sleepless nights i spent because of the financial problems i got myself into after enrolling in to this school.
I hope an education body can do an honest investigation on this school for the sake of innocent future students.
I am currently attending SHC in ogden, and I love it. I have not had any of these problems that you are talking about. It has been an awesome experience and i have learned so much. My instructors are awesome and i have never been asked for a penny. My sister graduated from there last year and now works at the hospital. in fact she had the job before she even graduated. If you do what your suppose to then you wont have any problems. I would recommend this school to anyone!!!!
To the employee looking to quit… They are FOR PROFIT. What makes you think a school that has a student pay $80K for a degree is anything else?
Out of 83 reviews there are two or three employee reviews saying how fantastic it is? Let’s see? Who do we believe? People who are PAID by Stevens Henager, or the other unsolicited information that’s been posted, by students, by staff, by former staff stating otherwise? This place is seriously a joke. Having two employee reviews back to back is highly suspect, and not exactly subjective. Then the positive comment that follows can’t even spell “Awesome.” If that’s actually a college student they’ve enrolled, that speaks volumes as to supporting the other claims made here.
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I see so many negatives, so few positives, about a school I have loved from the day I started working with them. We CARE about our students. We have a family atmosphere that we pass along to our students. They are NOT numbers in the Online division, which is amazing considering we rarely see a face, except when we chat with our student/FB friend. I don’t lie to my students. They all are told about accreditation, and what that can mean to them when it comes time for any sort of credit transfers. The truth about that, is NO SCHOOL, nationally or regionally accredited can take an entire degree for transfer. Would you feel comfortable attending a school who took an entire degree you have in Math when you are going for a higher degree in Medical Science?? Do you know how intricate the coursework is for that degree program? Think about it…. Also, I don’t lie about the cost, how it’s paid for, the benefits of how we run our payment programs, etc. It’s not ethical. Our way of doing it truly DOES make it better for the student in the long run. All schools have issues with staff and instructors, and that’s why we give you the names and numbers of Deans, Advisors, Instructors, and you can always go back to your original Admissions Consultant for help. We don’t forget you. And if that person no longer works for SHC., you speak to a Director, and they will help. That’s been MY experience, and I have been employed in the Online Division for longer than most of the others there. The turnover is less than in many of the other schools that promote online programs. And by the way, I know many, many students who ARE working in their fields. A couple of them are working in my doctor’s office! I never knew until I saw their faces up on the CONGRATS board in a local campus office and went to my appointment to see them taking my blood pressure. It was great to see them! I also, personally, have several “upgraded” students. Students who loved the SHC experience so much, they decided to move on up to the Bachelors, and even Masters programs. All schools have problems. They all have their negatives. SHC is no different. But I can say that for the most part, we try very hard to make it work for our students. And, no offense, but let’s take a look shall we, at the “nom de plumes” of those who posted offensive, negatives on this site. Doesn’t that tell you anything? I hope I have helped you see that although SHC is not perfect, I am one of many who do NOT lie, cheat or steal to “get your money”. We are paid a salary to do our job. We are not paid a commission, nor are we paid bonuses for heads or referrals. We are like you….doing our best to make a living ethically and morally. Thanks for reading!
I’m surprised at all the negative comments. Surely a college in existence since 1891 can’t be this bad. I’ve worked in education for years and any problem a student had was immediately remedied unless they were problem students. Makes me wonder. When I look on their Facebook. I see happy students.
I forgot to list the email
[email protected]
I am in the process of starting a class action suit against SHC from the horrible treatment, lies and ethics I have endured during my time (Nov. 2010-present) If you would like to be apart of this action PLEASE email me! I am not going to waste anymore time on posting questions and concerns about the treatment I am taking action. I ONLY PUT 1 STAR BECAUSE I HAD TOO!
I have a friend who was interested in SHC and wanted me to attend with her. All I can say is this school is a joke. They talked to my friend first, they didn’t tell her how much, how long she’d be in school, none of that. They told her they didn’t have that information yet. But when they called me, I asked every question in detail. He told me that the $78,000 I would be paying was an “investment” into SHC. then when I told him that I wasn’t interested due to the cost, he replied, “I never said 78,000… I said 70,000…” Wow, big difference. He said what he wouldn’t allow me to give up until I got all the facts. That’s what brought me here. After reading all of your horror stories, I emailed him telling him to delete my contact information and he has been calling me since. I have had to block the phone number. Hopefully, my friend hasn’t gotten sucked in too far.
I can’t tell you how sad it makes me to read all of these reviews! I am an employee at Stevens Henager & I have wondered if they have really helped people change their lives or not so that’s why I’m on this website, checking out my suspicions. I agree with how these people who are in such financial hell already & to put them in more financial hell when they can go to school for a lot less. I thought that being a non-profit privately owned college that their education would be superior but I am seeing it is not. I am seeking other employment so I can get the hell out because I cannot ethically work in a business that takes advantage of anyone.
you want something done, contact NOAH BOND at ABC channel 4 news UTAH, i have already contacted him. he wants to move on this story, but i cant be the only one.
he need more than what i can give him. PLEASE PLEASE CONTACT HIM EVERYBODY.
There’s at least 20 ex-employees of the online division who would be willing to take part in a class action along with the students (or at the very least to support them). If something does come about, post to this forum who we need to contact. The students aren’t the only ones who’ve been lied to or treated like sh*t.
Hmmmmm just read all the complaints that are very legitimate from students on this forum. Definitely there is a problem/issue going on at Stevens Henager college that may warrant an investigation. It is advisable to report these cases individually or as a group to the relevant bodies or take legal action.
Note: Several” sensitive” issues have been raised regarding how international students are treated at the school. Be advised that international students have rights too and should not be violated/discriminated upon as a result of their nationality, race or visa type. And as everyone else, the international students should file a complaint or take legal action in cases where their rights are violated.
IF ANY OF YOU STUDENTS LOOK AT THIS WEBPAGE AND ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH STEVENS, CONTACT Matt Gephardt at [email protected] he is a consumer reporter…if enough of us email him about our experiences he will report on it and get the word out about how horrible this school is.
ALSO CONTACT, FTC, THE BBB, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND SAY WHAT IS GOING ON, NOTHING WILL BE DONE IF YOU DONT STAND UP.
IF YOU LIVE IN UTAH I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
Am glad somebody knows about this fool Charles Hurd that is all he does. Harrasing us the poor international students and there is nothing much we can do. How can a school allow a staff member to harrass students like that. How can a school hire a racist to work with foreign students???
Let me start by mentioning names …CHARLES HURD the finance office who thrives on harrassing international students and threatening them. He constantly calls up international students and yells and threatens then with deportation on the phone while claiming to do his job. Someone seriously needs to intervene!!!!!
the murray campus us floaded with a bunch of idiots and liars, i drive past this eye sore of a school every day, which i am sure abunch of people do as well.
you if you troll this webpage or if your a student their call the CEO up and tell him how you hate the school and how ask how he can run a school when he him said had said ‘ I HAVE NEVER DELT WITH STUDENT BEFORE” how can you run a school with out knowing how to interact with students?
this school should be reported but NOBODY HAS THE GUTS TO DO IT…
you have a twitter or a face book, they do. make it be known how much they suck.
post on their twitter page, post on their facebook.
This school is not a “scam” but it is a rip off. Selling a nationally accredited bachelors degree for 70,000? Please! Here is a list of costs for a bachelors degree I found online at stevenshenagertruth.blogspot. com.
Stevens Henager- $71,000
UCLA- $50,744
University of Texas- $39,264
Florida State- $50,800
Stanford- $103,200
Western Governors University- $23,200
Brigham Young University- $22,800
Georgia Tech- $32,769
University of Utah- $27,750
Ohio State- $38,844
University of Washington- $28,200
Michigan State- $51,288
Do the math, and make a smart choice.
Everyone who comes on here, if your dissatisfied with SHC PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE report them to the BBB. This school is SOOO horrible. It needs to be eliminated. So many honest hard working people are being taken advantage of. They will not help me get an externship, and when I’ve tried to do it myself nobody will take me. I have friends in the medical field, that say there employers won’t even higher SHC graduates because when they have in the past they are under qualified. They teach them the bare minimum they need to know in order to past the certification test. Lets bring there rating down…Tell everyone you know or who will listen about them…post it on your face book. I’m here in Utah…email Matt Gephardt at [email protected] he is a consumer reporter…if enough of us email him about our experiences he will report on it and get the word out about how horrible this school is.
Looking elsewhere!!!! Thank you ALL for your posts!!
i hate this school so much, i cant express how much i hate this school.
the CEO, the VP, the Director and the owner are all a bunch of…”insert your own words here” the teachers are not even teachers…
there are so many people there that shouldnt be working and removed from the public, like that so called diva, seriously…she cant sing.
and the guy with the really curly hair…wth does he perm his hair or something…
the girl at the front desk…she has more plastic than my phone does and has had more work done than my car.
the VP, does she ever lie, she lies more than a cronic liar. “oh wait, she is a cronic liar”
what can i say…they dont have a paper trail to any student records other than the one they make, so if a student has an issue its never noted in any file. so if you troll this page page enough, and if you have have an issue with this school, conact the department of education in your area, the FTC, the BBB, and the school ask to speak to the director of the school or the CEO.
because he said him self “ive never delt with students before” and with enough support, this school can be brough to justice.
fight your student loans with them, ask for a NO interest loan if you have one.
so if your a student there or if you work there and hate it, please call the Federal Trade Commision, Department of Education and the BBB in your area.
I hate this school because It is such a joke. The teachers don’t even teach you.This place makes promises they cannot keep. I never should have started here. The teachers are a joke and so are the facilities. You would think they would have up to date equipment but no. You are basically teaching yourself at this school. So go here if you want to spend a whole ton of money to teach yourself. OH and the free laptop? It’s not free. I have heard from many people that they end up paying for it at the end. I am quitting this school because I know nobody will hire me with this useless degree. I just wish I never went here because it was a waste of time and money. ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY. DO NOT GO HERE!
Thank you all for this info. I’m shocked this school is still running. Sounded great at first, but I’ve been skeptical the whole time. That’s why I ended up on this site. Again thank you all!
In the late months of 2009 my world was changing, I had been a manager in hospitality for 12 years, striving to make the companies I worked for better. I had accomplished that with flying colors and these companies were now thriving. Being hired into failing businesses to change the trajectory of the path of the business. I had come to the conclusion I was ready to better myself and further my education. I wanted to open up new doors of opportunity and thought that this was the way to do it.
In Feb 2010 I started school at Stevens Henager in the Graphic Arts Design Program. I was loving it. Learning so much knew information, and getting great grades. I felt better about myself and the things I was getting done. I felt I was really on the right path to a new beginning, a new career. About 2 months into classes and my health started to fail drastically. Losing weight at alarming rates, not being able to eat or drink anything without being in immense pain. I continued my classes through this first month of hospital visits and first surgery. They said my gallbladder was causing my health problems, so they removed it. I went home shortly after surgery and was in more pain than before this all began. I had gone to the hospital time and time again, doctors, anyone who would listen. My gallbladder was gone and I was still withering away to nothing, in constant pain, through this I kept up on my classes. After a month of visits they had found they missed a large tumor on my pancreas that they had found the year prior and never advised me of. It had to be removed and soon. I called the school and spoke to my adviser, Wanda. I informed her of everything that had been going on with my health. We spoke in length about my options for school, as this next surgery they were basically going to saw me in half to get this tumor out. Recovery times in ICU were 2 weeks and then 2 months at home on pain killers and no movement. I told Wanda, my school adviser you guys appointed, I was concerned about being in ICU and on strong pain killers to try to comprehend what I would be learning in my classes and retain the information. Since I was paying for my education I wanted to remember it. Wanda stated the best option I have is to be put on hold and I could pick up my classes where I left off when my recovery was complete. I have emails and witnesses to back this up as well. So I went ahead with the surgery and felt I had done everything I could to secure my education after my recovery.
Slowly my recovery was taking place and I kept in touch with Wanda as to keep her up on my progress. To my surprise when my 2 months was about about up and I was feeling like a human again and off the prescriptions from the doctors, in July 2010 I tried to contact Wanda only to find out she was no longer with the company. I thought this was no problem until I find out, putting a student on hold is not even a option that is offered. Then I was told that I would have to reapply because I had been dropped, like I had quit school. The next bit of information was what pushed me over the edge, that my new payment would be $480 a month. WHAT??? I was paying $80 a month before this all started. Because your employee set me up with false information, Hold is not an option, If I would have known this in the beginning I would have done my classes while they were operating on me! The stress that this situation has created is unimaginable. The hours and days I have spent on hold, the time spent struggling with what to do, writing letters, and just plainly crying myself to sleep and at times hoping I don’t wake. The Situation the school has caused is something that has ruined an innocent girls life. My only want was to better myself and contribute back to the world. Now I look at the world as and ugly entity, with matter only caring of its self. And now I can’t further my education because of this imaginary “hold” term used by your employee. My life is in limbo as this matter has been overlooked and under thought. I have tried to resolve this issue with you several ways. I have contacted the school only to get treated rudely and transferred for hours to no one that can help or even have a clue about the circumstances. I contacted the commissioner in Utah, he suggested I contact the Better Business Bureau in Utah and the Business Licensing Center for Utah. I was informed that the state has no control over for-profit schools. So I wrote a letter explaining the situation to the BBB and though many correspondences with the school, we had come up with an agreement. The school never honored that contract. So I turned to the Department of Education, They wanted nothing to do with this, except their money, until they found out the school had lied to them as well. My School Grants were turned into loans because they thought I quit school. I NEVER QUIT SCHOOL!!! THE SCHOOL QUIT ME!!! I am now in debt tens of thousands of dollars for trying to better myself and because I chose Stevens Henager College to pursue my education. The original agreement I entered into with the school was all I was ever after. I had been wronged and my only hope is that I can find someone who cares enough to help right this awful mistake that has basically ended a life.
Rating them as a Zero!!!! I first went to College America there sister school. But now working on my B/A for graphic arts at Stevens Henager. I don’t have money but want an education. No one in my family has finished high school. But I have the need to succeed in a career. I feel robed because my education is fast and inadequate. Not being able to apply what I learned in the real world is a rip off!!! Why rob the poor or uneducated with the promise of a chance of success?
What a let down.
This is just a money scheme with me as a targeted market. With no morales to the thought of a successful citizen or a drug dealer from the projects how can they do this to me? My esteem has been shot. The bills have to be paid! No education no work!! No house, no place to live, no food, how do they target the uneducated. what a scam to keep the poor poor. And out of work. Sincerely wanting success!!!
I have my AA in medical specialties from Steve
ns-Henegar. I graduated in June of 2011 and can honestly say it was the worst experience
I’ve ever had.They are liers and cheats who don’t care about your education. Please go anywhere but here!!!
do not go here!!! They are dishonest Crookes. first class is orientation you dont even start your real classes until its too late to get your money back. my anatomy teacher was nothing but an EMT. she read off of a power point and couldnt answer any of our questions. i had to take off school to have my baby and they just gave me an A that i didnt even earn. my computer teacher told us in our 2nd month of school that we will have a very hard time getting a job because employers dont take this school seriously. my husband and i both signed up for the medical administration program which costs $90,000 each. when we dropped out of this business(not even a school)we were sent a bill for a total of $9,000 dollars thats after we turned in our laptops and books. total rip off.
I jus enrolled at Steven henagers graphic arts associates degree program. I want to disenroll before the first day so what should I do next. I hope its not to late.
I’m highly worried about this now that i read into this. I applied for the Graphic Arts program thinking that this class would be a breeze. I’ve recently graduated highschool and I thought what the hell online classes will be fun and they finally talked me into all this paper work and I’m in the class for a day. I did not like s**t about the college and I feel like I’m about to get shammed outta $40,000! I called my Teacher and told her I wanted to withdraw, well she refers me to my Admissions councilor, well she refers me back to my financial aid’s lady and she told me that if I just stopped logging in that I’ll be withdrawn from my class and my money will be going back to the Government, I was put on some $10/Month loan cause between the stafford loan and my pale grants it still wasn’t enough money. Well my teacher has emailed me telling me I’m missing assignments in her class whenever she has been told that I’m withdrawing from the school I feel like I’m about to be financially ruined if I don’t hurry up, because I got no confirmation from the school that I have been withdrawn from the program and Nothing about my money being returned!!!!
I wanted to go to this school, but US visa officer didn’t issue me visa i was very upset
after reading your posts im happy that consul didn’t issue me visa :))))
I have been at this school for a little over a year and was lied to about stipends because the school said they do not compensate for cost of living and stipends have NOTHING to do with cost of living!! Recently the school once again screwed me over by making it so that there is a chance I won’t be receiving my PELL grant because they do not have me scheduled for the correct amount of credits and just recently informed me instead of just fixing my schedule so credits will match. I would NEVER recommend this school to anybody. They couldn’t even give me a answer about my degree or certifications transferring to another state. This school major waste of time and money.
I went to this school 10 years ago and received an A.S. in the Business Management program. The teachers were fairly descent then and graded fairly. Back then they didn’t offer online classes and weren’t as big as they are now.
I fortunately got my foot in the door to a really good company NOT with the help of Stevens Henager. The fact that I had an Associates degree helped. 5 years later I wanted to pursue a bachelors degree and now live out of state. All the reviews are right, this is a for profit school and NONE of your credits will transfer to a university. I had to enroll in a community college and literally get a second Associates Degree to transfer to the University to receive a 4 year regionally accredited degree that so many employers seek. A degree from Stevens Henager is an expensive useless piece of paper, and I just barely paid my loan off. As I look back and compare my experiences with the university and community colleges to Stevens Henager, Stevens Henager’s quality of education is so low and they should not be in business. They lied to me that my credits would transfer, they lied about job placement, and to top it off I had to start all over again. I was young, naive, with a baby on the way and they promised me a degree worthy of my time and that I would be placed in a job within 12 months. Save your money. This college is not worth one cent. Community colleges offer so many programs and have a lot of flexibility with online classes- and ALL the credits transfer to 4 year universities that will indeed give you better opportunities for success. Best of luck to you all in your search for a good school. Please don’t choose this one or any for profit school for that matter.
Now like many others I have a degree I can do nothing with. The turnover rate is so high in financial planning and admissions every time I call I am assigned to a new person. Because my student loans were not processed directly I now owe the school over $25,000. Every time I call I have to listen to elevator music for at least 20 minutes if I don’t decide to hang up first. The One time I did call and said I want to make a payment they helped me immediately. Go figure. Anyhow I was a straight A student and it is worthless because I don”t have the skills needed to perform jobs that I should be qualified for. The job placement program….. what a joke. The only thing this school is good for is a laptop. Please read and run to a college that cares and educates. This school doesn’t deserve a tip of a star
I ‘graduated’ last year from SHC. I received an initial job offer from a large agency downtown, and I was very excited. However, after the hiring Creative Director found out about my SHC degree, he never sent the final offer. My girlfriend works in the AR department, and found out the reason. The Creative Director believes a person cannot be un-taught the bad habits gained from SHC.
So not only can I not get a job with my ‘degree’, I have lost a job because of my ‘degree.’
I now have a 58,000 piece of toilet paper.
Never ever go to Stevens Henagar College. They will take your money and lie to you and are flat our rude. I know some people have liked in but they are greedy and all they care about is getting more money out of the people that go there. It will cost you about or more then 40 thousand dollars that you done even get your money worth so if you want to get what your money is worth and learn something that will help you in the future done go here it wall mess up your life like it has mine..
they should do what they say and not hide behind bull crap and do it not make up reasons that are not real. they should not even get 1 star
they get you in promising you everything you need to get a good job and help in that area as well and send you craigslist postings what a joke! then on top of that when you quit because they screwed you over they start calling you and saying you owe more money even though they got paid from the government seriously would have better luck with a cracker jack box. and the one star rating is being nice!
Stevens Henager College is the biggest load of bull S*$% I have ever endured! This school promises a better future… I have a bachelors in Health Care Administration. Employers have caught on to how worthless this degree is, and student loan companies have jumped on seeing how valuable these giant loans are. After graduating with a $56,000 ‘worthless’ degree I found a job making $12/hr. My student loans with Stevens Henager, Sallie Mae, and others are more than $842 in monthly payments. Do the math, that is more than 50% of my income. BUT they are smart enough to break it up into enough loans that each loan is less than 20% of my income, but together they add up to almost 60%…. Loop hole from the govt…. nice huh? I cannot make a decent wage, I cannot afford to pay my bills and continue to put food on the table.
When discussing payment plans for Stevens Henager alone, I asked the FINANCIAL ADVISOR how much he thought my student loans from the gov’t would be per month and his response was “well that is between you and the federal government”…. of course he wasn’t going to tell me that I was going to have more loan payments then I could afford.
DO NOT GO TO STEVENS HENAGER!!!! The school is a joke. It is a financial gain for them, they don’t give a sh*t about their students, only the bottom dollar.
Oh, and that computer you get, mine didn’t even work through graduation…. that’s how amazing that computer is…. also it is included in your tuition for almost 5,000…. Go buy a Mac and go to a real school. Unless you have endless time and money to waste with Stevens Henager…..
BOISE ID GRADUATE…. DO NOT MAKE SAME MISTAKES I DID!!!!!!
DO NOT JOIN HERE.The art institute is way better.I wanted to sign up for this college thinking it was a good college but i wanted a review on them first and it cost way to much so i am not joining it now.
WOW….. ummmm guess i will not be enrolling here. they did chalk up to be a big bad program and i explained i didnt want a diploma mill and well paying for education isnt an issue but if my resume will go into the trash then well nope they can suck it lol thanks guys for your posts
I agree with almost everything everyone has said. Now, it is time we do something about it. A class action law suit is a good idea. Its pretty bad with their is a ton of students and employee’s that are un happy. I found one case where an employee is sueing Stevens Henager for discrimation of age in May of 2011. I did everything they said to do to graduate and they just keep coming up with more excuses. They can even get me an externship. That means I can’t even work for free. Apparently, most employers don’t want anything to do with this school. If you look back one of the comments an employer said was if you have Stevens Henager on your resume you just throws it in the garbage. First go to the court house and write down all the cases and attorney’s and phone numbers then call the attorney’s and see if you can get in on a class action law suit. Sense I can’t get my externship I might as well do something proactive. We can all complain, but lets all do something about it. Don’t for get to file a complant with the Utah Board of Education. This may make you feel better, go down by the entrance to the freeway and hold up a sign saying will work for free, Stevens Henager can’t find me a job. I know I am pretty angry sense I had a great attitude even though I did not like all the things that were going on. I just though it would all pay off in the end. Will soon repost after I gather more information.
lady called me and seemed legit i found it funny that she said we will submit your information to our comitte to see if you can even get in. she gave me the web site then i saw this review and that when i knew. she was so nice but guessed what she asked? are your parents ok with helping you get gov aid? lol now i have 6 or 7 of these “schools” calling me
This school is nothing but a scam! They do not deliver what they promise in any way. I am 40,000 dollars in debt and will never use the degree if I actaully can find a way to get through this school.
After going to this school for 4 months, all I can say is FML. They still haven’t finished my paperwork. If you get a real life person on the phone after two months don’t ever let them hang up, because once they have your number and e-mail they will avoid you like the black plague. HELP!
I am currently going to this school, for about 4 months now. I really wish I could get out. It is very annoying and they messed up my payments. I want out so bad!
Wow I was just talking on the phone with a rep and I’m definitely not joining now. I was a bit cautious to begin with but I’m glad I read all these before I made a decision. Wow lol
Has anyone ever thought about coming together and filing a class action suit against Stevens Henagars and College America?
I’m not a student with Stevens Henager. However I do work for the online department. Not much longer since Ethically, they suck. If I can, I won’t even list them on a Resume, since I don’t want to even have my name associated with them.
There’s things person looking at this school needs to know that a “Consultant” isn’t going to tell you.
First they are an “Open Enrollment” school. This means they have to take anyone. During an “Interview” the “student” is probed for info. “Pain points” why they want to go to school. Every Consultant reads from the same script, and you, on the phone, are just a number to post on a white board. They lie to the student saying they have to talk to the “Admissions Committee” to approve their application. The Admissions Committee doesn’t exist. It’s a ploy. If you have a pulse and a High School Diploma they’ll take you. They also lie when they say there’s limited numbers of seats in the class and if you don’t do whatever it is in a prompt manner, you loose your seat. Each class has 20 people. If it fills up, they have another class of 20, and another, and another, and another.
Second the “Demographic” they target is some of the poorest and ill educated groups across the country. They target this group because, frankly they also know they can take advantage of them. A friendly voice on the phone promising a brighter future to someone at the poverty level who knows nothing about college. They also know that they make the most money off the student in the first six months, because the student won’t read the contract, drop out or fail. In the contract says you are agreeing, after the first month, to pay for the first semester. That’s seven classes. If you stop going they keep charging you. The worse thing is if you just stop going they also fail you for all the remaining courses in the semester block. This amounts to about $10,000. This is loan money you owe to the Government. You will owe the School money and they will have the billing department on you like flies on garbage. If you want to go back to school you have to pay for those classes yourself; The Government will not cover classes you already failed. However they will “Help” you with more loans through the school. So to get back in there’s $20,000 gone, out of the $50,000 you will end up owing for the degree.
Another lie is cost. They tell you when they interview you “This is the cost.” It’s not. Every consultant will tell you only what the current cost of the school is. This doesn’t include yearly increases in tuition. If you were graduating now, that is what you would own. The school ups the amount by $2000-$4000 each year. You will end up owing substantially more than what you’ve been quoted.
Another “Ethics” problem is that the programs are set up to milk every drop of Financial Aid they can get. Once you have your Associates through Stevens Henager, you won’t have enough loans left to cover your Bachelors or to transfer to another school. The only way you really can cover school with Government Aid is if you have Pell Grant, as well as the loans. There is the Stevens Henager Loan Option. What they don’t tell you up front is that the smaller your monthly payment during school, the longer it takes to pay. When you leave school you will be making payments to Stevens Henager and Payments to the Government.
Another Lie: Free Laptop. It’s not free. You pay for it. The Consultants use the laptop to bait the student. “I need you to do *fill in the blank* so we can send you your laptop.” I’ve also heard the consultants bait people into the “Property Management” degree since if you pay money to join some association, you get 10%. That’s great, IF you are looking for Property Management. If not, they will still spin the degree so it sounds like what you are looking for. “You want to open a toy store? Great! Take Property Management and it will help you with inventory” No it won’t. I’ve also heard things like a student who was looking into Psychology be told that the programs include psychology, and that psychology is a bad degree to get. They leave out the reason they are saying that is because Stevens Henager doesn’t offer it, that Psychology is the largest growing field in the country, and that the only psychology you get is a intro course to how to be successful in school.
They also won’t tell you the credits are worth nothing to any reputable school. The quality of the education is a joke. I don’t know how they keep a “National Accreditation” since they are a diploma mill. Still, most the students coming in struggle even though it’s 10 times easier than any college worth spitting on. A current student I talked to said he felt like he sold his soul for a laptop.
They act like they are doing something very noble, that they are the students only hope. At the same time they make comments on the floor about the stupidity of the students. It’s disgusting. It’s also good to know they push the value of the degrees but those in the highest levels of Management for Online don’t even have anything besides High School themselves.
Buyer Beware. There’s cheaper colleges with better reputations. Look for Non-Profit and Regional Accreditation. Irony is that Stevens Henager Salt Lake Offices for online and Corporate is in the building next to Western Governors University. WGU is online, Regionally and Nationally accredited, well respected, and will cost you about $27K for the same Bachelors Stevens Henager has at $70K or 80K. Grand Canyon University is another really good online school. Don’t trust Stevens Henager or any of the For Profits. For Profit… this means some CEO is living high on the hog on your money, feeding off mostly people at the poverty level who will never escape the debt they just sunk themselves in, and student loan money that pushes the Government farther into debt as we sink to a AA+ Credit Rating. I think people like that deserve a quick trip to Hell for eternity.
PS They also won’t tell you school is free the first month. If you drop out, or leave, you don’t owe a penny. They intentionally don’t tell the students this so people don’t take advantage of it.
I enrolled into the RT online/(Independence University) program at this ridiculous school in June/2011 and boy was I ever deceived. The financial aid advisor was clueless and advised that, the school only request the financial aid to cover the tuition cost. however, they failed to disclose this information with me upfront, so they advised that I need to submit a hardship letter detailing the reason why I want all of my finaid… So I did that. I was then advised that my request was approved and they were going to make the exception…however, earlier this month I receive an email advising the following ” Our corporate office is questioning the amount of Cost of Living funding you are requesting. The Department of Education outlines that any student loans obtained must be used for educational purposes” “lease provide a budget that lists your monthly expenses, as well as what expenses you intend to use the Cost of Living funding for. This information, along with a copy of the hardship letter you previously provided will then be submitted to our corporate office for final review. The approved budget is required for your file prior to the allocation of additional funding above your tuition costs.” So of course, this is such bull, because who are they to advise me of how much funding I can receive. So I contacted my academic advisor regarding the matter, which she was very incompetent and honestly knowone seemed to be very knowledgeable of anything. It became increasingly difficult to get someone on the phone to provide basic information, they prefer questions/concerns be submitted via email through the helpdesk….ugggghhh, how frustrating. I withdrew this morning…TRUST me if you are considering this school ….I warn you not to do it! THEY WILL SEND YOU THROUGH THE RINGER AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY KNOWONE TO HELP YOU!!!! KNOWONE! I have also filed a complaint with the Utah Board of Education.
I’m in the Bachelor’s Computer Science Programming program. I started in 2009 and was learning a lot from my classes, and then just the past 6-7 months the quality of the education went way down. Online classes are a joke and can get an A without even learning anything. I gave two stars for quality of professors because I have met some outstanding ones who do actually teach and care about what is going on with their students and can tell you what the real world is asking for. I feel that this school isn’t preparing me for a job or a career, they just love receiving my money. I’m sick to my stomach thinking about this school and will transfer shortly even if my credits don’t transfer. Its not worth stay and finish out. I can get more for my money elsewhere. Do stay away and go to a real college or university that is regionally accredited. I regret starting here and like I said, I’m going to transfer.
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Don’t go to this school. You will not receive an education that will do anything for you in the real world. As a hiring manager, I see Stevens henager on a resume, it goes directly in the trash… the students do not learn what is required in the real job world. There are a few amazing people who teach there but its like finding a needle in a rotting hay stack!
Do Not go to Steven’s Henager this school is a scam its over priced and their ad’s on tv are lies the staff is NOT friendly nor are they supportive Please whatever you do think long and hard about your choice and where you attend because if you choose this school they will not support anything you do
Do NOT attend this school if you are interested in becoming a surgical technician. The program has gone to hell in a hand basket. The old asst dean and staff were great, really cared about their students and did everything to help them succeed. They recently hired a new asst dean and she is AWFULL. She was fired from a previous employer after totally screwing up their program and now she is working at screwing up SHC. I don’t know what has gotten into the powers that be at the school, but they are in it just for the money and don’t give a crap about the students that pay the outrageous amount for a degree that is pretty much useless, if you want to further your education via a Bachelors or Masters degree. There are MUCH BETTER schools out there. Steer clear of this one.
I used to work there. They scammed me too. They told us we were salaried employees and had us work well over 40 hours per week. Surprise surprise… we were actually hourly employees and should have been paid every hour of overtime. So glad I left.
Thank you all for your help.I am an international student who was just about to get enrolled for masters in health administration.I was really confused.Now,I believe I should not get lured by the work permit the college promises.Its really been a big help.
I attended the Ogden campus 10 years ago. It sucked then and apparently still sucks now! I went for the Suge Tech Program and the degree is worthless! After joining the military and moving around and eventually settling in New York I applied for jobs but denied. Applied to St. John’s University for the PA program and was accepted but my prior SHC doesn’t transfer AT ALL! They have repeatedly submitted claims for $1400 to a collection agency and even though I have given them proof multiple times and even had the military look into it and had it removed they STILL resubmit this claim every 2-3 years saying I still owe them money. My credit score dramatically drops every time because of this and they don’t care. They constantly tell me to send proof of payment and even tried to tell me once they wouldn’t accept the proof because the person who signed the letter stating I had a zero balance had quit a few years prior. So, BE WARNED! This school is a joke and a scam. They should be shut down!
I just finished at College America, SHC’s sister school. I would advise anyone who wants to go to college to stay away from this school. I went to one of the Colorado campuses. The majority of the instructors where very knowledgeable and had worked for years in their field, a 20 year MA, an assistant coroner, a Laboratory Tech with a Bachelor’s degree, a former Army nurse, and a 40 year RN. The instructors were great and I learned a lot from them, but I was lied to by admissions and financial aid from the beginning. I made it know to them from the beginning, before I even signed the papers, that I wanted to gain a higher education, they said my credits would transfer, they don’t. For the money I paid to go here I could have probably almost have paid for a Bachelor’s degree at a real college. Luckily, I went to a different community college before hand and all of the credits transfer to the local community college here and then those transfer big colleges such as CU, CSU, and DU. I plan to start college in the fall at a community college so I can put of paying for the $38,000 learning experience until after I complete Med School in eight or so years.
My advice to those looking to go to a real college, start with a local community college then transfer. If you just want a career, again, check with the local community college as they are likely to have the same programs for WAY less. Avoid this, every SHC associated college, and any “for profit” college you see advertised on the television like the plague!
Guys,this forum has indeed opened my eyes n ears.am from Africa n paid my hard earned 100 dollars as application fee for an MBA program n there was this philipine guy who gave us really good stories about the school n employment.am just waiting for their admission letter which i will gladly R.T.S.kudos n keep it up guys
Online Graphic Design almost a year…more and more frustrating, books arrive late, unable to do classes, instructors slow to respond, their responses are of poor attitude, network goes down at inopportune times. Pulling out, not worth it! Pay attention to these reviews!
The professors at SHC are absolutely pathetic. They don’t know what they’re teaching, they never actually teach you how to do anything in the Design Programs. The only time you would learn anything is in the first three basic Design programs Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign, and this is only if you are 100% new to graphic design and have never even touched a design program. After that you’ll never learn a damn thing without teaching yourself. All the professors do is say, “Okay, this is your assignment, do it.” And it has nothing to do with how good the quality of your work, your grade is based of ONE so called professors opinion. I would transfer to a different school if my credits would transfer over. I can’t wait to be done with this pathetic excuse for a college. It’s simply a very expensive and long drawn out way to waste time and learn common sense of any type of Graphic Design.
I was researching online computer programming degrees and these people contacted me and the guy couldnt give me any course description then without even sending me a course description went and sent me a registration packet and told me the program would cost $69k and even though i would have stafford loans and pell grants i would still have to make a monthly payment to attend so i said screw that and his dam packet can just sit in my email and be ignored
I signed up for this college in Boise Idaho. Today I went in for the orientation. The woman assigned to give us orientation had just been assigned this morning and did not know what to do or say. She gave us a tour and let us go. I am not going to go to this school. I have been through this before at ECPI in Greensboro, NC. They cannot find you work and will not. They teach you things that no business is looking for at all. Their teachers were switched out 3/4 of the way through the program leaving us under qualified teachers. The last class on internet security was a joke. The teacher did not know anything about it, so our only assignment was to do anything for a final project….ANYTHING.
I just signed the paper online today. It sounded so good when they were talking to me on the phone. Now i don’t want to go to this college after reading the reviews of this college. I hope i can get out of it. i am suppose to start monday. They need my id and high school diploma. I am suppose to fax them that stuff tomorrow. Do you know if they can charge me if i pull out now with out knowing if i really graduated high school or have copies of my drivers liecense.
I wasted two years of my life getting a degree I can’t use. There was so much smoke blown up my ass about jobs and the money I can make. I went through the RT program, graduated and passed my NBRC tests to become an RRT. Now I find out there are no jobs out there unless you have two-three years experience. The education and instructor were good, but the promises of employment were nothing but lies.
There are many bad things about going to SHC and not enough reasons to consider going. I wished my husband and I had done our research before signing that contract! We got practically nothing from this so-called college but are now so far in debt after less than 6 months attending this college, that it may take a very long time to get this paid off. We were both forced to pay for a full year attendance even though we did not even complete 6 months. I was told by several so-called professors that they could not teach me what I needed to know in the time period allotted for completion of the degree. I even had a couple teachers that were clueless on some aspects of the classes they were teaching. I don’t even know if the professors are certified to teach let alone teach the college course they are instructing. It is a bad sign when you have the same instructor teaching English, Math & Business Law. Are those courses even related? What a scam!! Do not attend this so-called college. You will very likely regret it.
This is for all the students that had or are attending nationally credit institution.You can have your credits transfer. You have choices.These universities that will accept some or all your credits. They are Devry University, University of Phoenix,American InterContinetal University(AIU),ITT Tech, or Ashford University. They will accept credits from them.The reason why I know because I had attended a college that was nationlly credit.I hope this help out everyone that feels like they can get out. Give these universities and see what relief you will get.
I would just like to say I wish I would have known before I signed that paper . :-{
Do any current students know wether the graphic design students recieve a macbook or macbook pro?
I am soooooooooooooooooooo glad I read the post from so many students of how poor this school is! I WONT BE SIGNING ON THE DOTTED LINE NOW .THANKS, I’M NOW LOOKING FOR A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SCHOOL ONLINE / CAMPUS. MY RATINGS ARE BASED ON HOW MANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS POSTED.
So I went to this school have graduated and now have a lot of debt. The thing is I really tried hard in may classes and received good grades and have what I feel is a very effective Design portfolio, layout and logos mostly. I currently have a job in Design and while I am not killing making money hand over fist its enough. There was a few teachers whom I hated they were for lack of better words dumb, however there was some teachers who wanted you to work hard turn things in on time and they got canned due to bad student reviews also I think they figured out we were not learning design. They will for the most part teach you all the programs you need so as to design things they do not however go into any history or reasoning for design. Why something looks the way it does and what you need to do to make pleasing designs. If not for my inherent love of design and art i would have been screwed! I guess I basically spent $$$ to learn adobe software, get a macbook pro and adobe professional cs3. cs4 and cs5. not a horrible school if you do a lot of the work yourself but don’t expect to get a full education in graphic design.
Stevens Henager college is a sham, i got to speak to few international students who are also being exploited terribly by the school. The international office at Salt Lake campus apparently threatens international students with possibility of dropping their student F1 status and deportation if they do not pay their tuition on time.
Note: for international students they pay $1100-$1400 monthy for upto 20 months.
Somebody needs to do something about this school, for the sake of some of the helpless international students who are bulied and threatened daily in that school.
DO NOT ATTEND THIS SCHOOL. YOU WILL FIND MUCH BETTER OPPORTUNITIES ANYWHERE ELSE. YOU’D PROBABLY BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT A DEGREE THAN TO GRADUATE FROM SHC, AND YOU WON’T OWE AS MUCH MONEY.
Just withdrew…. after my 4th module of not receiving my books on time… one module 2 weeks late.. This morning had to email the teacher (not a professor) that the book is actually an e-book… he had NO idea!!!! I can’t do it… Enrolled in a Masters program… gotten an A in every class…. REALLY,,,, am i really that smart when it comes to statistics… not so much… even I KNOW that!!!
If you want a Masters degree and don’t care if your future employers care about the school you got it from… go for it…. I wouldn’t re-enroll for love or money.
Promised help finding a job while in school….. not so much…. don’t hold your breath. You’ll pull your hair out just getting someone to talk to you, much less help you network.
I have just enrolled in this school and yesterday I went to meet with a certain person there, and he kept making sexual advances to me and asking me to feel him even after I told him no.
They really butter ya up and so you feel like 41,000 for your education is reasonable and no big deal.
I haven’t even started school and I plan on withdrawing because of this.
Just wanted to say thanks for all the honest reviews. I’ll definitely be looking elsewhere for my Graphic Design Degree. Thanks! Good luck to everyone!
I enrolled in the Graphic Arts program when it first started within 3 months I quit. I quit because the associate dean who was supposed to be one of the best in graphic design ended up not knowing anything about the programs she was trying to teach.
She didn’t know much about Photoshop and nothing at all about Dreamweaver or HTML. In fact I had to instruct her in HTML and I learned from a book!
I then got a bill for $4000.00 from the school so I went in to talk to them about it. They said if I came back and finished the program the $4000.00 would go away.
I went back and finished my program and at the end of it I owed the school $4356.00! I refuse to pay them any money for the substandard education I received from their instructors.
I know several students from the school and none of us have jobs in graphic design.
If you are thinking about going to Stevens Henager don’t!
So its too late for me to do anything because I already started school about 6 months ago and signed their contract. There has to be a way out and i’M gonna find out how. I have to say I have a problem with the school. The teachers are not that great and even when I submitted my work half the time they would grade it. So basically I got an F for hard work that was never graded. They treat you like crap for $75,000. They must have high standards.Not.
Just surfing around looking for info on this school. Thank you to those who posted their experiences. Based on this, and other reviews I’ve found, I believe I’ll look elsewhere in order to upgrade my A.A.S. degree.
Wow. Thanks for the info
I went to this school for business, and they told me all these things and made it seem like a great school. One thing about this business class the teachers never get back to you, the angel always crashing so its hard to pull sum things up.they told me that they use all my aid so i couldn’t go to a different school that year because of that.When the school that i go to now call and ask how much they charge for classes they didn’t even know how to answer that. But there’s more but i’m just going to tell you if you go here make sure you read everything, listen to everything they say and ask question.
I am a student at the Murray campus in the Resp program. I would like to warn you away from this school. They are indeed liars. They seriously neglect their students. When you least expect it, they start threatening you for things that are not your fault. I think all they want to do is take your money and kick you out of school without your degree. Please do yourself a favor and go to a state school for your education. I hate to even give them even one star, because I feel that they do not even deserve that.
Copied straight from Brainmass’ website:
Paul Coleman, PhD
Stevens-Henager College
Murray, Utah
2009 – Present
DEAN OF INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
When the staff is willing to work for a paper mill, there is something certainly wrong. They not only try to take your money at the school, but this guy will try to steal your money there too. Ask for a certain word count paper and he will try to pass off a couple web page links for the $40 or so bucks you paid for it. Bottom line is that this school will try to rip you off, whether through their site or others. Find another school that is reputable!
Not a good school. VERy expensive for the education. They are FOR PROFIT. The student is a number. I went to BYU and tried to transfer my associates degree and they told me they do not transfer. I called other schools and they said the same thing. Steven Henagers will NOT tell you the difference about their credits NOT transfering. They have been lying from day one. Their school is an embarassment to the Utah Board of Education (whom I called) and filed a complaint. Stay away from Henagers.
Please check their accrediation. They are ‘Nationally’ accredited. To transfer credits, you need to be in a ‘Reginally’ accredited school. Their credits do NOT transfer to the U of U or BYU or UVU etc…. Their degrees cost 3 times as much for nothing. I found this out before I took my second class. I have reported them to the Utah Board of Education. I have recorded their conversations with me. They were all lies to get me to sign a paper. Please tell others that are looking to goto SHC NOT to. You can go to Columbia College in Murray which is regionally accredited like I did. My SLCC credits transfered and their rates are CHEAP!! And their credits transfer to the U of U and BYU. Call U of U and ask about Steven Henagers Credits. They will tell you they do NOT transfer. The student will have to start over.
I am not giving them a rating because they don’t deserve a single star! It isn’t stimulating, the word or even the phucking sense of quality in anything about this school besides the really smiley, lively and friendliest front-desk-receptionist lol (she’s very nice and deserves a 5-star rating for being always positive) One thing I want to say is that, they certainly DO HAVE SOME BADASS MARKETING STRATEGIES–luring students in, then create an environment that most students become STUCK there, and not alter–but feel more…obligatory in a way. I totally agree with a lot of you that actually speak the truth about this school. Had I not been through bullsh*t with the government before, SHC would have taken great advantage of me, and milked my GI Bill dry off me (It’s PHUCKING PATHETIC how that piece-of-sh*t business officer trying to bullsh*t me into giving the school 50% of my GI Bill–OVER MY DEAD BODY LADY! I told her HELL NO I DON’T OWE YOU 50% OF MY EDUCATION BENEFIT! She said “Well that’s what I was told by the GI Bill trainer from the VA; they told us, the GI Bill is for education purposes only.” I sighed and said “Answer this, if the GI Bill was DESIGNED for education ONLY…WHY IN THE PHUCK, DO THEY SEND THE CHECKS TO THE VETERAN INSTEAD OF THE SCHOOLS THAT THE MONEY, AS YOU SAY, SUPPOSEDLY BELONGS TO?” I said, “Sorry lady, but I don’t have stupid tatted on my forehead, my education benefit, IS MY PHUCKING BENEFIT I EARNED FROM SERVING IN THE MILITARY, IT IS FOR MY BENEFI…I CAN CHOOSE WHETHER I PAY YOU OR NOT…hell! You’re not even considering the fact that the GI Bill is my only financial means and that I DON’T HAVE A PHUCKING JOB! But you’re asking me to give you half of it? Over $600 a month? WHILE I’M IN SCHOOL?! ARE YOU PHUCKING RETARDED? No one pays for school that much WHILE THEY’RE IN SCHOOL (referring to traditional schools), they pay WHEN THEY GRADUATE.” She advised me to change my language, which I did, after telling her “quit lying because I WILL REPORT YOU TO THE Utah Board of Higher Education…there’s only 2 members of that board, and I KNOW ONE OF THEM…DO NOT THINK you could fool me.” lol The instructors are the worst, I’ve ONLY ENJOYED three instructors from there that actually knew what the f*ck they were doing–they were legit–Master or Doctorate degree holders; you could just sense how they teach, the language, how they assign and allocate workloads per day, any question about the subject was satisfactorily answered and made clear so every student was well-informed. Other than those three instructors, the rest either had Bachelor degrees (sometimes NO DEGREE)…I don’t care much about degrees really, but NO TEACHING (or instructional/training-related) EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER, even the Business Dean (that also taught 3 of my classes) do not have the proper credentials, I DON’T CALL THEM PROFESSORS BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE THE CREDENTIALS (Bachelor degree holders to teach a soon-to-be-Bachelor degree holder? I thought Professors were either Masters or Doctorates of their fields?) AND THEY INSTRUCT UNSATISFACTORILY (inexperienced and limited knowledge…WTF?)… AND NO, THEY DO NOT PROFESS WHAT THEY PORTRAY THAT THEY SUPPOSEDLY TEACH therefore they are not ProfessORS. You can have the sh*ttiest education, but if you have the PASSION for teaching, and what you bring to your students on a daily basis is QUALITY LEARNING material, and quality teaching methods and style besides the norm, you ARE A PROFESSOR…but none of the above? You’re just some guy looking for a job and the school just hired you cuz you were some accountant? You can KNOW YOUR STUFF…but do you know how to teach it in a way that won’t confuse students much? Anyway, I think this is a good enough review for now (hahahaha!) I didn’t realize I’m at almost 700 words, oops! You know what that means :) THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT STEVEN hehehehe
I am currently attending SHC for a Master’s in Healthcare Administration and I graduate this summer July 2010. I have never been asked for a dime and I don’t even qualify for a pell grant. I also attended the sister college, College America and that was a wonderful experience as well. I did show up almost everyday but, I also had to work in order to receive the grades I received. I am glad that I chose to go to SHC and I look forward to graduating with my Master’s.
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as of today (first day at the college), all they wanted from me was money, in spite of the fact that I told them that I qualify for a Pell grant. Not interested in any pell grants, just show me the cash!!!
The respiritory therapy program in Murray, UT is run by individuals who may not qualify to run trailer park. They lie about the program, then when you voice your opinion, they threaten you with the “black-ball” list. Stay away from this school at all costs.
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If you want a college that you give you an easy A just show up to class. That’s all just show up… But on top of the easy A. It costs a left nut, even if you don’t have one it’ll put back some on the getting out of debt area. Good place for ungly’s, fatty’s, only beer googles will help with this school. Oh! there is no place to live. it’s a little private college.