Capella University provides a deplorable curriculum. They fraud the consumer and engage in academic theft and financial aid discrepencies. Their online instructor stole my dissertation and resulting work product. Twin Cities Minnesota

Capella University makes employers laugh

Capella University isn't a school, it's a business. Employers laugh at schools of their ilk and won't even consider hiring graduates from there. Capella, Phoenix, Devry are all the same.

harrassing and beligerent

nothing but harassing calls from them.refuse to leave a message.
DEMANDS money up front for courses,instead of billing monthly like normal colleges.

If I have to drop this one ,like kaplan, If filing a class action against ALL online university programs,DeVry included.I have nothing against DeVry, I have attended thier brick class rooms, but I think thier BS in IT is a bit generically hard or software.But its a decent degree, even though the credits may not transfer.

ANy BS degree is better than none.Not having much luck online.Either the schools are shams or the online material WONT load,even on BROADBAND CABLE.[with little noise issues on the line.SURE, blame the clients' equipment.......]

Seek both sides of the situation

AS someone who has experience in being a student at a land based, supposedly venerable university, I can respond to all three responses here that, any school you go to, there are policies and procedures in place. Many do not read but simply sign off on these yet fail to respond when a bill or a deadline is communicated to them.

An online degree, like a land based degree, is going to contain experience from classes and instructors that can be deemed good, bad,qualified or un-qualified. The point is, much of what is said here is merely an opinion and it all seems to stem from anger that I would surmise comes from an individual that's looking for a deal, and never got it.

No one can force you to enroll anywhere. Buyer beware. Any University, or business for that matter is going to require money to keep it alive, but, as a person who took online classes, I found that the investments made back into the student in terms of technology and customer service far surpassed my experience at the so called land based university.

I don't feel the need to defend my degree because at the end of the day, the trend is in business to get an advanced degree, and that's where technology is going. I know I spoke to several "ambassadors" at Capella who were more than happy with their degree and when they totalled what they saved by not traveling, parking, and paying for day care, as well, the flexibility, they were extremely happy there was option out there for them.

The impression from these individuals is that they were 'not' business savvy in chosing a university that couldn't meet their needs, they didn't read the policies, they didnt pay attention to the deadlines, and now they are sour because of their own procrastination. I appreciate and believe they should post their experience as its freedom of speech, but to present as fact and true in all cases is misleading.

I would tell anyone to be sure they know what they want before embarking on a masters degree instead of holding an institution or one experience at large because you cannot see beyond your own negativity and academic snobbery.

Capella University poor graduation rate nonexistent customer support

Well, all of the above is true about Capella University, case after case after case of student's rights and precious financial aid taken away with nothing to show at the end or not even a usable degree. Many Capella students are involuntarily locked out of their classes so they can't finish and then an incomplete shows up on their transcript.

If you ask a question to Capella, and they don't want to answer it, they may withdraw you with no explanation at all, just that they chose to withdraw you, and you have no recourse unless you want to be tangled up in court for years, all the time racking up huge lawyers fees. They know this, they have your money and others to use against you. Their lawyers are the dregs of this earth, will go to any length to harrass and dishonor you, and they can persist much longer than any one student.

But, the federal government has much more power and financial resources than they do. If everyone flooded the general attorney's hotline, they would have to do something about it. President Obama would do something about it, too. He is very much for positive strong higher education programs that will help consumers gain better jobs and pay. If a university is violating civil rights of due process with no legal representation, he would shut down the educational facility until they complied with the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.

All students that have been grossly mishandled by Capella's administration and their online programs should contact their state's attorneys office and the federal government's general attorney's fraud hotline. If they get enough complaints, they will act on it. Capella could lose their ability to gain federal student loan money (they have a lot to lose by violating civil rights).

The armed forces passed a bill in August, 2008 that states no subsidy money for housing will be given for GI's using student loan money that participate in online universities, distance education, that live outside the state where the university is housed, located. The federal government all ready knows about the fraud going on at Capella University.

The more I read about Capella's online programs, the more horrifying it becomes. It's almost like what happened before World War II in Europe, with the lowly citizens (Capella students) that have all rights of freedom of speech, rights to a dignified due process system where you can have a lawyer representative at your side to make sure your inalienable rights are not broken, all that is nonexistent inside the workings of Capella's online programs. And Capella is sneaky. If someone tries to put up an anti-Capella website, Capella buys the website and dismantles it. Isn't this what happened in Germany before WW II? Trying to keep the truth from being known around the world? This website is the only website that the truth has been told and stays for the world to read about.

Capella has only one specialty degree program , School Psychology. If you look at the last two years on the Higher Learning Commission website (accreditation), last year there were no School Psychology specialty degree   graduates (between April 2007 and April 2008) and this last year there were only three (between April 2008 and April 2009). That is very sad when I know they begin each year with a cohort of 12 students........hardly any of them are getting to the end of the program. What happened to all of them? Three out of 24 students, terrible ratio of total students to graduation rate.

But, I'm sure Capella has all their financial aid money in their pocket. They don't care if anyone graduates at all, as long as they have their money.

I tried calling Capella's 800 number and said I was going to be in Minneapolis the next week, could I come and visit the campus? I was told that they don't take visitors? I wanted to talk to an advisor face to face about a possible PhD program. No, can't do it. She said they are a totally "virtual" school. No one can come talk to a person face to face (closed campus). I asked if I was an active student, could I? The Capella customer representative told me no, not without prior approval from the person you want to see. Could she forward my call to such a person? Sure, you get a voice mail and it is never returned. Capella does not want to be "bothered" by anyone. What do they do there all day long if they don't talk to students or help even gain information? You can't get past the person who answers the phone, which knows nothing. No one else is available to spontaneous phone calls and will not give you the time of day.

I encourage others to try what I did. See if you get anywhere on the phone with Capella University's customer representatives that are really trained sales reps with quotas of new applicants they have to meet or they get canned.

Must be a nice plush job that all the students are paying for with the financial aide money.

Very concerned citizen,

Somewhere USA