Everglades University
Reviews and Complaints

Same here, minus i didnt have to pay the stimulus back. However, they are refusing to give me my transcript claiming they cannot find my record. Even though they call all the time to harass me to come back. They definitely doing something shady when it comes to financial stuff because I know nothing about that but i can tell you they took out so many loans under my name under the guise that it was "financial aid" and that i will need it in order to pay for the tuition. Luckily, i only did a year or so and my student loan is not as much,

Sadly, I did not have a good experience with EU. I've tried to complete the BS in Alternative Medicine degree twice now; and I always have to stop attending over financial discrepancy, lies and lack of accountability of the school. I can rarely get any answers from EU, much less a straight answer; and have been shuffled around only to feel frustrated and disappointed. The first time I attended I had to drop out of the program because the school wanted to keep ALL my financial aide and I needed it in order to stay in school and afford not to have to work 2 jobs. The second time I attempted to finish my degree, not only did the number of classes I previously had left to complete more than double from 11 to 28 [never got any answer on that one] but my graduation date kept getting pushed back! I kept asking when I would be done and NEVER got a straight answer! I felt like I would never finish and was taking courses that i didn't need. A stimulus was sent to my home during Covid; and i had to repay the college the money after they kicked me out of my program for not returning early from an approved hiatus! No one ever knows what's going on or how to answer any questions. My advisor kept getting changed out; and I was sent a scathing letter about my failures as a student. I was harassed at my job for accrued absences in classes I didn't have. No one cared about me as an individual; only that I would be able to pay back the 1300.00 stimulus check that I should not have had to pay back. I cannot get this school to send me a transcript, tell me how many classes I have left or when my graduation date would actually be. I loved attending the classes and adore the professors; but I feel like EU took great advantage of me and left me empty handed, without any answers and a small debt. I would have loved to finish my degree; but I can't seem to find an honest and knowledgeable advisor. Not even the Dean was helpful. No wonder there is so much turnover and less than favorable retention rates! Shameful SHAM of a school!

all that money and you graduate in a PARKING LOT! PLEASE FIND A REAL SCHOOL!...by the way the yes they lie alot...turn over is crazy. THEY CHARGE YOU AN ARM AND A LEG

I began attending in 2009 and have a similar experience. I regret ever attending everglades university. Now i just have a lot of financial federal debt to show for my education there with no degree.

Did you ever get your issue resolved? They did the same thing to me and I need transcripts to start college somewhere else. They are refusing to give them to me. I took TWO CLASSES and they are saying I owe them $8000, they lied to me about student loans, would not unenroll me when I asked numerous times. I was in an abusive relationship and had to live in my car and they said I didn't qualify to drop out. wtf? ALSO had the audacity to drop my debt if I would reenroll and finish my degree with them. I would NEVER! They are disgusting.

I am also going through the same thing with that place they call a "school". I withdrew because of all the charges and now they are telling me I owed them 4000 dollars for two courses I did not even take. Their other explanation is that they had to return all the financial aid back to the board of education so now they need to charge me that money. Everglades is the only place that charges students money that had to be returned to the board of education. Greedy much? Did anybody find a way to solve this issue with this "university"?

Everglades University scammed me. They counselors are sales people, they take you in confuse you with logistics you can't then understand, claim that you will be getting grants for your school payments which they never properly define for you, and next thing you know you are in huge debt. To top it off, back when I attended they claimed that they would be accredited within a year of me going there and that never happened, I started attending in 2005 and they weren't accredited till 2010! Their program was extremely weak, I was getting nearly a 4.0 and barely trying. Everything about this school was a scam, and since no accreditation was happening and then suddenly I saw my debt so I had to drop out. Accumulated in a few years of school somehow 34k in debt which of course I was never able to pay. How can they get away with this? Barely a few years of a crappy education and now I owe 34k when all other late and fees applied by the borrower. Sounds like borrow / school fraud to me! How there isn't a lawsuit yet is beyond me!

Everglades University lied to me from the start and has unethical dishonest approaches to making money. When I called to enroll and transfer schools, they expressed the need to rush the process to ensure loans and start schedule. I was concerned about starting in a few days and whether there would be enough time to establish book or other materials, they reassured me it would be alright. the library and other school staff relating to library could not get orders right or knew what they were doing and I went first week without a book and wound up paying for 3 books. After several phone call and promise they did finally reimburse me for the digital but not the book they sent me that I did not need after getting one privately and still costed me over $300 for books. They said my loan and grant money would cover tuition, then later said I need to pay $150 for enrollment fee, then more for transfer fees and transcripts, then they said there is not enough loan and grant money and they are using scholarship money, then 6 weeks later there is over a $1, 000 balance owed. I called about the balance and financial aid said they need to work things out and should be clear by the time next loan disbursement comes in. Then next loan period comes and I see the balance at 0 then a few days later there are new charges and a balance owed of nearly $500. I made a few calls to financial aid during the first 8 weeks and realized they are talking in circles and they are just greedy and I seemed to be getting scammed. I also discovered later the way they encouraged me to withdraw from Ohio Christian University was unethical. I did not understand the transfer process and trusted the admissions staff at Everglades University online division when they said they would walk me through the process. Prior to enrollment I expressed my concerns regarding my math skills and they reassured me they had classes to catch me up. When the math class came up I realized it was too advanced. I called my academic advisor and counselor, they encouraged me to open the math class and look at the syllabus. I did look at syllabus and called them back to confirm it is too advanced and their answer was too late I opened the class now I am stuck. I did pass and the math and teacher was great, but I only passed because of the way the instructors are encouraged to pass you not because of skills learned. Prior to enrollment I discussed my profound belief in God, and the fact that I do not agree with western medicine and there are natural and alternative methods to health care and I would like to pursue a career as a medical practitioner in alternative medicine. The admissions staff of Everglades University reassured me that their BA of science with a major in alternative medicine is about natural and alternative health care and would be a good fit for me. After enrolling and upon starting my first class is how I learned about testing on Sundays (the Lord's day) and classes are quite focused on promoting sexuality. I also did not discover this BA of alternative medicine degree is about incorporating CAM and/or interrogated medicine until my last class nearly six months after my enrollment and I would not have enrolled knowing that in advance. I also do not agree with using morphine in needles and calling it acupuncture. I was also persuaded into giving an evaluation before the start of my first class, which I wanted to take back within days of starting. The women's health class seemed to be more of a menopause sign and symptom class and an adult sex education class with promoting sexuality, sexual identity, and distorting terms such as celibacy and although there is information in the book regarding the science of women's health it is not prioritized. I took a psychology class and the credit should have transferred, but then I was scheduled for a psychology class. I called to work it out and the only answer is open the class and got transferred around to different people who did not attempt to resolve only encourage me to open the class. (which I already opened a class once upon advise to resolve the math class issue and then told once a class is open it is too late to drop or change) I read the book for the class then called back advisors and dean and explained the curriculum is the same, they would not go over the curriculum with me, only insisted I open the class with no resolution. At that point I decided to finish out loan period then be done, so proceeded to go over other class options of only core credits and not more health classes with the western approach and they stated I have no options but to take their cam health classes and the psychology class in question. I stated I do have options, their classes have not challenged me, or taught me what I need to know for a career as a medical practitioner of alternative medicine, and I am concerned that their credits are not transferable, then they stated, if I did not pay them they would take me to collections. At that point I knew I needed to remove myself immediately. In my opinion, and may be a fact, the thing about the two psychology classes is, if the curriculum from two of their classes is the same as one psychology class from another school, then they are making two credits out of one as a means of obtaining more money from state, federal, and private funding. I also must add I did not appreciate the democratic political agenda being forced.

I owe over 16, 000 for a semester and a half. for online classes. don't go to this school.
Also. most schools will release your transcripts once you've begun paying them back for what your loans/grants/scholarships won't cover (trust me they won't cover even half of tuition) but not eu! I have to pay back the entire balance due until they will release my official transcripts for me to go back to school anywhere and get any financial aid. if these [censored] lock your scripts you're [censored]ed out of getting any more higher education until it's paid back in full - oh, unless you can pay out of pocket 🙄
Thanks for nothing eu.

Everglades Online - Alt Med for 2 years. When I enrolled I got the "almost accredited" speech. Well, it took 2 years for me to realize that these people were taking all of my loans at the top request limits since their classes cost so much, and their classes are too simple. I did not feel challenged by them. When I transferred to a regionally accredited online university, none of my classes transferred and I had to take the reqs all over again. I lost a lot of my funding due to EU. They do not live up to what they boast. Just because they are in paradise doesn't mean it is one.

With so many complaints, perhaps a class-action lawsuit is in order?

I've had nothing but a satisfactory experience dealing with the admissions staff here.

Another thing about the school that I really did not like was that during the admissions process and finacial aid procedures they call you to set up a time for them to "help" you fill out the financial aid forms and all that crap. But what really is going on is that they call you to tell you how to answer all the questions in their best interested when you exactly know what they are doing. I just do not understand how they are allowed to rip people off like this. I hope there is a way that this school can be investigated and put under review because this is not right at all. God help us.

Don't waste your time or money on this school. I will say the customer service was excellent though but the class design and the un-realistic assignment goals are insane. Four weeks is a joke to cover that amount of material with any hope of retaining any of it for future use. When we were hit with the snow, ice storm, power outage for a week along with the 4.2 mini earthquake I reached out to the school to let them know by phone that I was unable to do test or log in for student posts and they gave me a zero and no offers to allow me to make up the course work. All they care about is their pockets. Now I will say some of the professors are very good and then there are others that seem like they orbit the solar system. Please do your research before attending any school. Be certain to also check out reviews as well sometimes they can be helpful.

I am actually attending Keiser University for a Bachelor's in Legal Studies. All I can say are negative things about this school. The only reason I stuck with it so long is the fact they made me take out incredibly high interest loans to pay for the school. They never contact you and when they do want contact you what they do is withdraw you from your class first so you suffer. After that they convince you that you owe them money after you already took out exaggerated loans that were supposed to cover the fees. After you spend so much, you have no other choice. I'm 7 classes away from graduating. I'm 3 weeks into my four week class and they dropped me the week I have a huge paper due. The way they do business makes me sick to my stomach. The people who work in the financial aid department are so rude and abrasive. Oh by the way. I am referring to the West Palm Beach Campus. But after reading all the complaints on the internet, it seems to be an ongoing problem for all of Keiser/Everglade University students.
Did I mention they were involved in a lawsuit with the state of Florida for deceptive business practices?

I thoroughly enjoyed reading these comments and the exchange between "OneWhoGotTheEUScrew" and "Know who you are mf" is really funny because I too know the MF and he's one smart cookie. Looks like he really got your goat! I'll be sure to point that out to him. Funny you chose to say "get a life" to him. He's got one that most people would be fully jealous of, and I think he's right that SACS won't be fooled again. So watch out EU. The clock's-a-tickin'!

I unfortunately can related to so much of what you have written here. Mirrors parts of my own experience. Especially the financial aid team seemingly working their "magic," to get you a comfortable monthly payment.

I would like to join as well

I'm in... These people are criminals. Period.

I will like to start a class action.

This is a sales organization that happens to sell classes instead of blenders or penny stocks, or any other scam.

It operates with the same ethical standards as you would expect a place that is basically a call center to operate, which is none.
The head guy gets paid millions, yet it is "non-profit, " as is their private jet, of course.
If they call you, hang up and call your local community college, please.

Do yourself a favor and do not even bother applying to Everglades. Learning online is a fine idea, but it’s not something you should pay to do. There is nothing you can learn online from Everglades that you can’t learn for free by simply reading and watching videos. If you’re heart and mind are set on earning a degree online, then find someplace better. Everglades is not good. I worked there for a long time and I know first-hand that it’s not a good place. It is run by the most greedy people you could ever imagine. The faculty members are just ok, but they’re not the best-of-the-best like your admissions adviser will try to tell you. Believe me on that; I hired a bunch of them and I know most of them. They’re mostly great folks, but no better than the faculty of any other school. Heck, most of them teach for other schools too because they’re not paid enough to actually make a living from Everglades.
Why that is the case might make you scratch your head when you consider that a freshman entering Everglades will spend more than $80, 000 just in tuition and fees to earn a degree. That’s online! No dorm. No food. No gym. No classrooms.

It will take 41 months to earn a degree. It’s not an accelerated program and it’s not part-time. It’s all the frickin’ time, year-round for 41 months. You are not permitted to take a semester off, or even a month or two without being “dropped” from the program and having to reapply for admissions. No summer vacation. If you do take time off, you will be hounded by phone calls, emails, and letters telling you that you must come back. That’s when you will truly learn about all the different fees that Everglades has.

It is my sincere hope that you prosper and do well in life. Please know that the statement, “You must have a college degree to get ahead in life.” is one of the biggest myths perpetuated in American Society. You are a child of the most-high God and you are destined for greatness. Don’t get yourself bogged down in the quagmires of the Everglades.

We are all part of the same thing, hurling through the cosmos together, our beginnings and ends well hidden from view. Let's live in peace and stop trying to rip off each other. It is a time of abundance regardless of what you are told. There is plenty for everyone. Peace.

I just dropped out of Everglades University becasue I got accepted to a better school with a better aviation program. Now I am stuck with paying over three thousand dollars in classes I did not take(two classes). The reason being is becauase I have the GI Bill and the way it works is if I don't take the classes then the goverment makes the school pay back the money for the classes I did not take. So my question is if the goverment finds it fair to take money back for classes that I didn't take, then why do I have to pay for them?! This school is a scam! Since I have been attending Everglades we have been through 3 or 4 deans and staff is constantly quiting or resigning. I'm glad that I fianlly opened my eyes and got out of there and decided to go to a school that is actually accredited and has a good reputation. Another point I want to make is that Everglades University is always getting audited so they can keep their accredetation. Also of 54 credits only 10 transfered to my new school. This school is a joke and waste of money. Trust me and go to a school that is well known in your particular industry. So in a nutshell Everglades University is super expensive for the quality of classes you are getting, they are for profit, all they care about is making money! FYI, I use to go to the Everglades University in Sarasota majoring in B.S. Avaition Technology. Which by the way the staff at Everglades compare closely to their other aviation degree Aviation Management.

Read This:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/highered/fl-keiser-diploma-mill-20100903, 0, 1878717.story