Can you get your CPA if you graduate from Western Governors University?
I believe in Texas you have to have 150 hours to sit for the CPA exam. But since WGU doesn't do the hours thing, can you become a CPA going there? Very interested in becoming an accountant, but don't want to attend WGU if I can't eventually become a CPA.
Has anyone attended Western Governors University and liked it?
I love WGU!!! I recently graduated in September of this year (2012) and couldn't have found a better alternative to a traditional brick and mortar school. I wasn't in the Nursing program, but I can tell you this: Everything is done AT YOUR PACE! As far as clinical study, since you will be learning hands on and locally, I know that it should help you understand what you are actually learning. My suggestion is to actually speak with the Nursing Department and find out about your actual program. But as far as WGU, You will not regret it as long as you are willing to work hard and utilize all of the resources that are available. They even have counseling programs for their students. It's well worth the research and the money you invest!
Western Governors University?
I would generally agree with the other post that Western Governors is among "the best of the worst". It's reputation is clearly not as bad as the University of Phoenix, Kaplan, or many others. But ANY online college is considered questionable. Students have been known to hire impostors to take online courses for them. The school has no way of knowing who is actually taking the course. Who is actually online? Is it the student, an impostor, or both at the same time? As a result, ANY online program is considered suspect because the "graduate" may have done nothing but hire an impostor. Employers know this and consider an online degree drastically inferior because of it. No online college can be as good as the learning experience and personal interaction of actual classroom attendance. The social interaction is also part of the true college experience. It also improves your social skills, social life , and future networking opportunities. Employers often automatically reject applicants listing ANY online college or ANY for-profit college. It's wise to avoid both.
Is earning my BS in BA from Western Governors University worth it?
Hi there, I really do think that WGU would be a good fit and well worth it for someone in your position. Let me give you a little background on myself. I'm 23 years old and from Southern California. When I graduated high school in 2006, I took some time off from school and started working full time. I was making decent money but really wanted to solidify my education with a degree. I discovered WGU and was able to work full time and still finish my degree in 3 terms. I took a bit of vacation from work in order to complete the amount of coursework that I did. But even when I wasn't taking time off, I was able to finish more than enough work to be at a pace higher than I could be at through a brick-and-mortar school. I am now a first year law student at an ABA accredited law school. I don't think that you would have any trouble getting into an MBA program with a degree from WGU. The only thing that you might have to do is submit an explanation of the grading at WGU to the admissions folks at the MBA programs you are applying for. Hope this can give you a better idea of what the benefits of WGU are and the possibilities that are out there once you have earned your degree. ***Edit*** Melissa brings up a good point. Some institutions require a certain accreditation. WGU has the most important one, which is regional accreditation. That is what most universities and higher education programs require, but it is worth checking into. But law schools are very picky, and I my school wasn't questioned.
How has your experience been with Western Governor's University? Was it worth it?
I finished my B.S in Software Development at WGU in two years, after completing two years at a technical college. I thought the course was not as rigourous as it could have been and some of the tests required excessive memorization of content rather than concepts. That said, your education is mostly what you make of it. Simply completing the required work will not set you apart whether you go to WGU or elsewhere.Personally, I would have preferred a traditional university because I really enjoy the social aspect and being around lots of people who want to discuss what you're all learning at the same time. However, I chose WGU because it was much more affordable.The education I received at WGU was okay, but I didn't get as much out of it as I would have liked. Part of the problem was that some of the courses are becoming outdated (it was a software course after all), I also experienced software bugs in the pre assessment coaching reports (it gave wrong answers to test questions), and I didn't get to socialize with people in my degree plan. They do have ways for students to connect via Microsoft Teams, but I really missed going to lunch and hanging out after class with friends like at my previous college. The biggest issue, for me, was that I wasn't learning the tools I wanted to (web stacks). Of course, there are other important things to learn besides specific tools.Was it worth it? Yes. I had a lot of help from financial aid, so my biggest payment was in time. I wasnt working for most of my tenure, which meant I could have accelerated my degree, but due to my unique circumstance I chose to keep a steady pace and learn other tools outside of what WGU was teaching. I graduated a couple months early, and have a job lined up with a company I interned for while attending WGU. I will not be using any of the tools in my new job (Java, Linux, Android), that I learned at WGU, but the concepts I learned about networks, operating systems, algorithims, data structures, etc.. Will always stay with me. So too will the sense of accomplishment and the nifty piece of paper that says I chose a path and stuck with it.
Switching from UOP to Western Governors University?
Hello, First, both the University of Phoenix and Western Governor's University are real colleges: both are regionally accredited ~ which is the same type/level of accreditation enjoyed by Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. If you're not happy at Phoenix (many are not) then transfer as soon as possible. Questions to ask amy transfer school: 1) How many of my credits earned to date will you accept in transfer? This is a key question: don't transfer until you have a solid answer. If you lose credits in transfer, you lose time and money; 2) WGU is actually a very different type of college than UofP. At WGU you study for and take "comepetency modules" to earn credits and progress through the degree. Whereas at U of P you were taking straight up traditional courses. Some people find the self study toward competency exams a difficult process, more so than taking traditional courses; explore this option carefully; 3) Lastly: Explore how your financial aid may or may not transfer. You won't be able to "transfer" your aid at U of P directly to WGU: the aid people will have to recalculate need based on nerw costs and a new plan of study. In terms of reputation, both are "newer" schools; however WGU is less expensive (by far!) as it is a supported by tax dollars and also WGU, unlike U of P, does not have a "bad reputation." U of P has a bad rep out there, especially among employers. You'd do well to avoid them if you can. You don't say what kind of degree you are working on but these days well over two thousand colleges offer online degrees so you have a lot of choices out there. For the record: U of P is among the most expensive options as they are a for profit with a lot of legal bills to pay for student aid violations and other related court actions from prior students.
Is western governors university online a good school?
Western Governors University is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.[14] WGU is nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC).[15] In 2006 the WGU Teachers College became the first exclusively online school to receive accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).[16] In May 2009, Western Governors University's Nursing Education Programs were accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The initial accreditation, which has a five-year term, was awarded following a process that included a site visit as well as a review of WGU's nursing curriculum.[17] In 2011, WGU's B.S. degree in Health Informatics received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The accreditation, is granted after extensive reviews based on industry-developed standards.[18]