United Education Institute [UEI]
reviews and complaints

Worst school ever. We got assured that we would get a job after we finish school the most it would take six months. I have three years now and no job. I pay $80 a month of Federal loan and for what I don't even have a medical job. I had 3.8 GPA and honor and prefect attended. Got no help looking for a job until this day.

Worse college ever teacher Ms.marquez for medical biller at evening classes is the worse teacher ever she harassed me said threatening words towards me and always says stuff towards me singles me out says I'm the worse student to the security and I have good attendance never miss only miss 2 days because of her and now today got suspended by Regina because she got mad because what I say is all true and the schools second main lady Regina is her best friend and she doesn't know how to fix the problem takes her friends side I can't even come to school and feel comfortable I'm paying a lot of money for what to be treated like shyt this college is so not worth it don't waste your time and money seriously plus this college is now in a freaken mall you sign up and will regret this for the rest of your life seriously

the school took advantage of me by convincing me to take out large student loans with the promise that, upon graduation, i would receive job placement assistance that would find me well-paying jobs in my chosen filed. But failed to. Now my loan went to collections I have no job and bad credit.

I took classes at UEI awhile back and I didn't learn anything. I only had one teacher that seemed to care that he was supposed to teach us. I asked one teacher to show me an example for the work that we were doing because I am a hands on type of learner and all she said (with an attitude) was look in the book. If students are basically paying you to teach them then teach. So I wasted my time and not to mention gas money that I had to scrounge together since half of that time I was living in my car to only accumulate debt. I wanted a chance to learn and get help finding a job but I didn't get either. Once I was done with the school I got a certificate late and no help finding a job. I got two phone calls with them asking if I needed help finding a job and each time I never got any help. Not to mention that there was a 6 month gap between each call. I don't think that it is right for them to do that. I am still struggling to find a job. I want my debt cleared. This is horrible. Knowing I will be in debt and my credit will be affected because I was only trying to better my life. Why is this school still in business. Knowing students in medical and dental programs and are probably working after going there is scary. Maybe those programs are better than the one I took but who knows.

i want to make it known that we need to stand against this corrupt school called UEI. i agree with you on this, we need to stand united and be strong be heard. Im tired of getting ripped of by companies who think they will get away with this. UEI will go down, we have to stop this train before it does any more damage, we have to get a good lawyer and gegt as many signatures as possible, lets all do this!
We cannot let them get away with this, this school was a rip off and we have proof!
United we can overcome this false UEI so called SCHOOL!
First thing we can do is to get each others emails and info to contact each other and keep in touch...my email is [protected]@yahoo.com
contact me lets be part of the solution .
my name is Wladimir G. and i went to the Ontario campus

Going into my uei experience I was hopeful to land a great paying full time career, to support my unborn child, instead I am stuck with 10, 000 of debt and no job in the medical field. The instructors at the schools aren't the best and don't really know what they are talking about. This school is all about the money you owe them instead of actually teaching. While attending this schoool I felt the pressure of them wanting money every other freaking day. The staff and instructors send out false hopes saying we will land you a job, nope never happend or atleast some kind of leads nothing! Even after I Graduated I would return to career services and no one seemed able to help me out with getting leads to hiring companies. This has to be the worst waste of time in my life wish I never went here wasted my time, gas, and energy.

I am a student here at uei the campus in riverside and I can truly say uei is full of lies and the instructructors are terrible. I have been thru two instructors the first one mr. Thomas was great he had it set up where we could understand everything and did great demostrations of what we need to learn. The second teacher mrs. Lawson was full of lies and acted as if she actually cared when she didnt really care she sat around talking about students how they dressed how they appearance was and acted very ghetto always talking about her hood and repping blood gang. Then when it came done to grades she always blame career service up stairs talking about it them playing with my grades and attendance. I do not recommend this school to no one all they care about is money money money money and more money and not your education!

The new Director of Education at the school has the worst manners. She has run the school into the ground! She is rude to her students and doesn't care about her staff. The students don't even know who she is, unless they have had a bad experience with her. She never comes out of her office and she dresses inappropriately. She has no business in her position. She has let go of all the employees that are not her favorites and kept her friends whom are not even qualified for the positions they are in.. It is a joke. There are Instructors that have dedicated their lives to this school and their students and have given up a lot to be there for the students. The Instructors are the ones who teach their students there careers and yet, they are treated very badly. UEI used to be a great place to work, but now its a very stressful environment for everyone there.Someone should really look at what has happened and since she took over the DOE position and see how many wonderful caring people are no longer there because of this change in leadership. She is in no way or any shape or form of a leader! It is so sad that all the students and employees are just a number to her. She hired a friend of hers about 6 months ago for full time and he never even had a class. She made up a position for him and there have been so many complaints about him from staff and female students, for being inappropriate yet he still has a job there! He has no degrees to teach and yet she kept him on as a substitute teacher. He has been telling students that he is an under cover cop and if they need help with their husbands or boyfriends he will take care of them. He is also telling students that he is a trained Psychologist, which he is not. That school is doing so many shady things and something has got to be done about it. I am writing this complaint on behalf of the entire staff, Its not the Instructors that needed to be changed its the Director! The Instructors actually care about the students and their careers.

So I started Uei college in January 2012 when I started it seemed great everyone was nice lots of hands on but then after about a month if that the instructors started being rude and not really caring what the students did... when I signed up I was told by the end of the 8 months I would be a CERTIFIED Medical Assistant... Truth:when you graduate all you get is a diploma and to get certified you have to do that on your own find the place and pay for it out of your own pocket!And going there you have to pay while your ATTENDING That is the most ridiculous thing ever... Well now I'm supposed to be done next month going on my extern and they upped my payments an took out another loan if I could have took out another loan why didn't they let me do that to begin with? This school is a rip off they just want money... They can careless what happens to the students! I would NOT recommended this school to anyone.

Well! when i enrolled into uei back in november 2011 a lot was said about how their success rate was good bla bla bla how my life would change after 8 months, granted every one's experience is different i know that.And the process was fast i mean the next day i was attending orientation and after was starting my first day of class and my financial aid had not been completed, so as classes were in session i was frequently pulled out of class to sign and finish my financial aid papers in which most of it was covered however the tuition options was big deal my payment became much higher than expected and yes the first payment was due the following month.soon after all that was done i found out my admin rep was no longer there, my class instructor was only with us for maybe a month then another instructor came in and have to say he was really good and he did not tolerate any b.s. like 3 months later he had informed the class he no longer be instructing our class, SO! again we get another instructor which later found out he had been fired from uei in the past and for unknown reasons.and after he came aboard all hell broke loose i mean the class was always disrupted, disrespectful, and the street talk in the class was well you can fill the blanks in...this instructor's passion was not teaching and he made it clear to all and it showed in a big way.so i was nearing the end i was always communicating with my externship rep and discussed what area i wanted to go into which i assume is your choice..oh btw i took the cst computer systems technician course.he had set up a few sites for me and my first one went to a interview and thought it went well, so i return to the school to let my rep know how the interview went well guess what?i am told sorry he no longer works here, and could you come back in a few hours because the staff is in a meeting.I then return and another person will take over, well this person was a extern rep for a different course program not IT so i had to start over with a new rep in which that rep did not really know what i was wanting in to regards what area..anyway i am getting a little pissed and might not making to much sense here but i hope you think hard and do your research before deciding UEI COLLEGE as of right now i lay idled because my first 2 extern sites would be failing me and i know some critics would think otherwise...but again good luck on your choosing a school do your research...

I started this school in august 2010.I wanted to go to a school where I can get a job right away with out doing all my general classes. I should of done more research about this school. First of the staff is not even professional. They were really demanding I had told them I had to discuss the price with my father and they kept insisting i sign up that day the price would go up if I waited. They assured me I would get a job in no time and I wouldn't have any trouble paying off the 15, 000 loan. I thought to my self well if I'm going to get a job and start my career I should do it. It's been a year since I graduated. I have yet to find a job. I go in and call UEI constantly they never help. This is the worst school you can ever attend. They only want your money. After you graduate they forget all about you and start worrying about the money. They told me they wouldn't start to charge me six months AFTER i get a JOB, well months into the program they were already charging me. This school is such a scam they should shut it down, all they do is victimize people. I really don't know why after all these years its still up. All were stuck with is 15, 000 loan and no job. None of my classmates or other students have found a job. Seriously, the WORST school ever. Save your money and just attend a city collage its longer but its worth it.

THIS SCHOOL IS A ###IN SCAMMMM!

I attended UEI back in 2011, finished in jan. 2012 (Medical Assisting). I swear I wasted 9 months of my life at that ###in place, not only did i not learn anything or get any jobs out of it. But the school itself is a joke, you learn more about the teachers personal lives then you do about the education that your paying them 16 grand for. Not to say they had the nerve to tell me that i owe them a extra $100.00 all because they said the month that i enrolled they were broke (how is that i flaut?!). And the fact that they charged me $75.00 registration is supposed to $50.00! When I started at UEI I paid off everything with cash up front. I know for a fact i dont owe anything to that ###in ### bag place.

I would advise everyone to stay away from trade schools, ESPICALLY UEI !

THIS PLACE IS THE WORST. I AM AN ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBER AND MY HUSBAND AND I THOUGHT THAT IF HE GOT HIS PHARMACY TECH LICENSE THROUGH HERE HE WOULD FIND A DECENT JOB. THEY LIED TO US FROM THE BEGINNING BY STATING THEY WOULD ASSIST US FROM BEGINNING TO END, THEY NEVER TILL THIS DAY (YEAR AFTER HE GRADUATED AND HAS YET TO RECEIVE HIS LICENSE) KNOW HIS NAME DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE CALLS AND EMAILS OFTEN! IF I PROVIDED THAT KIND OF CUSTOMER SERVICE IN THE MILITARY GOD KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO MY CAREER. NOT ONLY DID THEY LIE, BUT THE SAME PEOPLE WERE NEVER THERE, SO OF COURSE NO ONE IS EVER UP TO DATE ON YOUR PARTICULAR ISSUE AND YOU GET PASSED AROUND LIKE SOME OBJECT FROM ONE IGNORANT PERSON TO THE NEXT. THE ONLY THING WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH WAS BILLING OF COURSE, :) UEI NEVER MISSES A PAYMENT.

One of the advisors initials J.O. is known fired previous school Devry taking youngr students smoke weed with him. My daughtr go to school now and tell me this. He has a criminal record shows he was in jail just last year for months for stealing. UEI didnt do background check or maybe they hire cons on purpose. they are like car salesmen. they just want your money.

In April of 2010, I was at a point where I needed to do something and fast. So I had received information about a trade school that got you certified in 7 months for a career of your choice. I figured this would be a great way to get the ball rolling on a career. I was promised job assistance after I graduated if I wasn't hired for my externship. Needless to say seven months later I went to an extern site that for starters wasn't hiring in the first place and secondly, wanted someone with 10+ years experience. So I kept on the job search, emailing, dropping off, and faxing countless resumes. All the while calling "Career Services" and leaving message after message and not being called back for months. And then when I did finally receive a call it was from some lady asking if I had gone to the temp agency they were now sending dental students too. I was not happy. And the cherry on top of this ### heap experience, not only do I have a certification that serves as nothing but toilet paper but I am now in debt a little under ten grand. I am pissed. This place promises you all of these great life changing things and comes through on one, they get you in their facility to owe them money. Please take my advice, go to real college, at least your debt will be well earned. I graduated in January, it is now July. Still no dental job, and the bills for the student loans are coming in. Thank you UEI, for absolutely nothing. Oh wait, thanks for the debt.

I attended UEI TO GET A STABLE "career". Although I was working already, I decided to complete the Pharmacy Tech program during the eveing sessions.. the teacher was more of a babysitter..she expected other students to teach the newest students who had arrived, clueless to the beginnings of this field. In the lab, there were very scarce supplies. Career services did very little to help, since my career counselor kept changing on me and not keeping in contact. I go to get a loan deferment because I cannot pay my loans since I don't have the money(no new career). It has been 8 months and I only have been on one interview which was for a medical billing job! And now I received notice from Salli Mae saying that my loan was approved for deferrment, but I still should pay the interest on the loan, which happens to be even more than the original first payment amount! NOBODY TOLD ME THIS!.THIS SCHOOL IS A SCAM TO GET GOVT LOANS TO STUDENTS TRYING TO BETTER THEIR LIVES, SO THAT THEY MAY PROFIT..THE STAFF CHANGES LIKE UNDERWEAR SO GOOD LUCK FINDING SOMEONE WHO REMEMBERS YOU OR EVEN WILLING TO HELP. YOU WILL BE SUED AND YOU WILL NO LONGER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE..