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University of Phoenix [UOPX] - Financial aid and misinformation

Everything was going fine until I started to ask questions about my disbursement wich I need to pay for my internet and I had the bank notary not check the dated on my student identification form, so I went to the bank and had another one done and took it to the post office right away, second day air with signature and then days later I get a call saying...

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Veteran Benefits

I have contact the school on numerous occasions on how I would finance my classes. I have been dealing with the issue since July of 2023. I have submitted the required chapter 33 benefits twice and each time the paper gets lost. Each person that I talk to always tells me something different. I ask to speak with a supervisor I am told I can't. This last call with the university has been over 2 hours and yet nothing has been resolved. I have been transferred numerous times and had to reverify on majority of the transfers. This unacceptable and not the way your students should be treated!

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Financial aid

I initially signed up for my first class at Pheonix university but had a family emergency come up so I dropped the class. I talked to my academic advisor about what I needed to do so that I wouldn't be charged anything for the dropped class. I was told I withdrew in time that no fee would be charged and no Pell grant money would be used. I signed back up for the same class five weeks later and completed that class with a B+. I officially withdrew from the University of Phoenix after completing the class to return to college in GA. I am a 43 yr old woman from Georgia just trying to change career paths but not have to pay out of pocket. I graduated top of my class in high school and I qualified for the Hope scholarship and the Hope grant which covered all of my tuition and books at several different colleges for a few different diplomas. I did not want to go into debt with loans at my age just to go back to school and further my education. The amount of Pell grant I was granted by far covered the one class I took and finished. I withdrew from the college and took the exit exam for financial aid and talked with the financial advisor making sure I had a balance of $0 before leaving. Everything was good. I owed nothing and had the school return the unused funds back to the government. Now I'm getting daily emails about a $681.80 balance I now owe for what!?!? I feel if there was a $0 balance when I withdrew then I should still have a zero balance. Why would the school not use the federal aid I had to cover that before sending it back? I am completely lost and I have tried to communicate with the school about this and I just get taken in circles with no answer except "it's different" when dealing with tuition and what you owe the school. The class I took basically is no good because it will not transfer due to accreditation.

Desired outcome: My balance to return to $0 like it was when I left the school. I do not feel I owe anything and if I did it should’ve been taken out of the Pell money before the school sent it back.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Financial aid

I attempted to go to school in 2017 and was told my financial aid would go through. I filed all the necessary paperwork but UofP would not accept my tax paperwork which was filed by a tax professional. I was a military spouse who lived separate from my spouse and they asked me to file additional documents and I was still denied financial aid. The admissions rep, Oscar told me everything would be fine and registered me for classes before my financial aid was cleared. now I owe UofP $1800 that I can not afford to pay. I am in the military and want to complete my education but I can not because this amount is holding me back from going back to school. Please help! I feel scammed.

Desired outcome: I would like the collections forgiven.

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I am being allowed to dispute the collections and given other options. thank you! I am gratefulfor UofP working with me to resolve ths.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] $34000 dollar debt for an unusable two year degree

I enrolled in UOP in hopes to begin a career adulthood that was future based for me and my children. I attended UOP FROM August 2010 through August of 2012, obtaining my so called Associates degree with a 3.78 GPA.. I worked my but off to do well only to be granted a debt of 40000+ in loans, a degree nobody acknowledges, in an industry that is impossible to get hired without previous experience. I was misled from the start of my education to the end of it. Now I see that there are literally lawsuits surrounding my degree, telling me that not only did I get played, I continue to get played as the school knows they used deceptive measures to obtain my enrollment and these loans that I cannot pay off have completely crippled my financial abilities through my credit.

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Ruthann Burlum
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Jul 06, 2022 3:22 pm EDT

hi this happened to me as well. I took the associates in Business Fundamentals and only 5 of my classes were business related. I know people that took business associates online at other schools and learned everything they needed without extra schooling. They used up almost all my Pell Grant and a good amount of my loans and I am now struggling to finish my Bachleors at a much better school because i am running close to my federal limits. and the school doesnt want to help. i tried contacting the federal DoE and they said i have to fight the school first. haha

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Masters program and misrepresentation

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When I started my journey back to school it was just to get my associates degree in Accounting. Just turned 40 and wanted to complete my education. Got that certification and was asked about my plans from your representative and was convinced to continue on with my Bachelors. Good decision for that did put me where I wanted to go, so no regrets.

My regrets came later, when I was asked again what my plans were with my Bachelor and I stated was going to start preparing for the CPA exam. That is when I was convinced to continue on with the Master program. For that would prepare me to take the exam, and would have a much greater chance of passing it the first time around if I would go into the masters program. So I did.

My surprise came when I discovered that even through I had a Masters Degree in Accounting, it was basically worthless in the state of Texas. This I learned, when I registered to take the CPA exam. Apparently, in the state of Texas they frown on to much online learning. So I had to go back to school, which I did for a while, but did not complete the required classes needed to sit for the exam.

Now I know you have had some legal issue with your councilors not advising your students as they should, yet reviewing those requirement I do not qualify for this took place prior to those legal actions. But I do believe, my representative steered me in the wrong direction.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Student loans debt

I attended UOP online from [protected]. This was after my husband had passed away and I was very depressed. I was a senior at the time and UOP made promises they were not able to fulfill about what a degree would help me with. I am now still owe 33000 in student loans I am 74 years old on social security with no way of making payments. I feel I was totally mislead by UOP and the promises they made loa

Desired outcome: student loans forgiveness or loans dismissed

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during this time I also raised 2 grandchildren while the parents were incarcerated, worked as a youth service officer for the county in which I live

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] I am complaining about this university scamming students to join their online program

I am filing a complaint regarding my finances. I attended UOPX in 11/2019 up until 04/2021. I was told by multiple faculty members, including the program's Dean that I would be able to obtain licensure in Georgia through their program. I ended up withdrawing from the program because I did not feel like I would be able to join the counseling world with an education from UOPX and the new school I am enrolled in does not accept any of the credits. My frustration is, that I was in school for almost 2 years and none of those credits were good. This was never discussed with me that this is the only program that is not CACREP accredited and they used the school's accreditation to deceive me. They failed to inform me that I would not be able to obtain my license but also that if I were to leave the program the credits were no good. They have informed me that I could still get licensure in Georgia, however if this is the case then why are none of my credits transferrable? I do not feel that it is right for me to owe UOPX especially since the education I received there has no impact whatsoever on my future. It felt like I was scammed. Please help me rectify this issue ASAP.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Will not disclose loan info

I enroll me moving for a month again and they got myself some money and they will not be close to me my FAFSA money so I can contacted them and maybe to give me anything and they refuse to give meand they refuse to tell me any information so I asked FAFSA and they said to contact the student financial aid at University of Phoenix so it's a ring around they are scammers!

Desired outcome: Money!!!

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Axia online college

I was attending Axia online college, I was very excited and keeping up with my courses also my grades were good. But because I had been out of school for more than ten years before returning, I was one semester away from earning my associates degree. I was struggling in my math class so I contacted the advisor and she explain to me what I should do. Then I contacted the professor over the class and explained to her that it had been a while since I was in school and that I was struggling. I explained to her I didn't want to fail the class and ask her if she would give me and incomplete then I would retake the class but not lose my financial aid in the process. She explain she doesn't give incompletes and even if I was to drop her class I would still end up failing. She also said my financial aid was not her concerns. Well after that I talked to my advisor once more to see what other options I could take. Even though they were concern they let me know it was nothing I could do if she continues to give me a failing grade instead of allowing me drop and retake later to keep my financial aid. I must have cried for a whole week, was hurt and disappointed at the same time. I was a semester away from receiving my degree. All I left Axia with was a student loan .

Desired outcome: I wish they would have given me an option to help keep my financial aid ànd also been able to revive my degree.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Overcharging for a class

I was going to uop online. Everything was going well until I had to retake a class. I dropped it and retook it again the next semester. However the financial aid office said it was going to give me a partial credit in payment since I had already paid for the first class. They were going to charge me $300. Instead they charged me $3000. What? Classes are not even $3000. I tried to resolve this. I called, emailed. I got locked out. I could not continue my education. I have buried this deep and it makes me mad. I am trying to get my transcripts but the website has an outstanding balance - which I cannot even see.

I just want my transcripts. I want them to correct what they did to me.
I am trying to better myself by getting my msn in nursing.
They are holding me back please help

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] Dropped class- charging me

I dropped class a class in the first week- during the pandemic because work and family issues. They are now charging me! they will only give me a percentage off. They are now calling me every day wanting their money. I let them know that I will not ever attend again.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] fraudulent loans

I attended the University of Phoenix in 2009. I attended two classes. I was very unhappy. I suppose I was very naive but I received little paper work and I was led to believe that my monies were grants. For the most part. I dropped out in January of 2010. I received a letter from UOP stating that I owed them $1.01. I found this hilarious and called and paid the charges. I have not heard boo. Not one single word from them since this time.
Last year when I filed my taxes...which I have done every single year since I turned 18... the Department of Education took my entire refund. Our family is financially struggling and this was a devastating hit. I DO have student loans for another college I attended but they are in good standing. I had no idea what was going on. After calling the DOE, I was informed the monies taken were for UOP and that despite taking nearly $3000 from me, that I still owed them more than $18, 000! For two classes. And not only two classes but classes I am certain I do not owe for.

I filed a dispute with the DOE. They turned my request down as I have no proof. As I have said, I got very little paperwork from them...and it had been so long I had thrown out the documents. I did file some other sort of dispute but have never heard anything back in regard to a decision.

Is this legal? How do I fight this? How can I protect my taxes this year? How can I protect my husband's taxes?

I very much want my money back from last year but if that's not possible I really need to receive my taxes this year as well as my husband's.

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Melody Sommerville
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I enrolled in 2009 and unfortunately I was naive and trusting the school to help me down the correct path. I was told numerous lies and since I had no knowledge of the college admissions procedure I trusted the advisors. I dropped out of high school so I had never seen the FAFSA or knew exactly what it was. I knew it had to do with financial aid though I was told by the enrollment advisor that I would receive most of my needed aid in grants since I wasn't in a stable enough financial situation to afford any type of loans. I wasn't prepared to enroll the day of my initial phone call however the advisor convinced me that I needed to enroll immediately so I wouldn't miss the start of this block of classes. I was nervous about making such a big decision without talking it over with my husband. The advisor asked me if I thought my husband would be proud of my decision to further my education, and so I said, Ok you're right. He wouldn't want me to miss my opportunity. My husband had just took a new job with the railroad so he was gone most of the time, leaving me to care for our two children by myself. Fast forward to 2013, it was a struggle to achieve a bachelor's degree while working full time and being the primary caregiver of two small children. I spent the next 7 years trying to find work with this degree even though EVERYTHING the advisors said I could do with it was a LIE! So to finish this horrible nightmare I have almost $80, 000 in student debt and my husband of almost 20 years divorced me because he didn't want to be responsible for the debt from my stupid decision. Thanks University of Phoenix for showing me that people don't mind lying to trusting idiots like me. I want my loans discharged because I can't use the degree.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] mislead by university of phoenix

Wow, This many years later and I wish I had looked in to this sooner. I was mislead as a single mother with only a high school diploma that I would receive grants and everything paid for at no cost to me. Here I am 10 years later, No degree and 35, 585 in debt, still a single mom and cant buy a home because this has destroyed my credit. Is there any hope for this situation?

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] deceptive practices in recruiting and financial aid

I work for social services and was a Secretary at the time. I enrolled in UOP so I could continue to work (I had 4 kids to support) and I was trying to promote to analyst and higher so a degree in Human Services would have really helped. After talking with the enrollment counselor and being assured, more than once, that my credits would transfer to the California state university system, I eagerly enrolled into the bachelor's program in Human Services.

Immediately the counselor sent me to an orientation and financial aid session with a group of other enrollees. They put us in a room and sat us down with FASFA papers. The financial aid people walked us through the FASFA forms and told us what to write down and told us to sign (Apparently we were also filling out loan papers as well). After orientation we were given our class schedules and start dates and congratulated.

A few weeks later I was informed I needed to apply for another loan because it was time to pay tuition again and my first loan had been used up! Well first of all i never realized i had gotten a loan. I was under the impression i got a FASFA grant, i had to buy all my books and materials out of pocket and didnt receive any disbursements like friends and relatives who have student loans received to help with those things as well as Transportation and living expenses. Oh yeah and tuition was going up!

This pattern kept repeating after every two or three classes! Each time tuition went up. I think in the whole time I attended I got two small disbursements, one for $200 and one for $700 and my loans totaled almost $30, 000! I was livid when I saw how much they had cheated me out of. I was just a couple of classes short of graduation when I had to stop attending. I just couldn't afford to keep taking out their ridiculous loans. I thought I could eventually get back on track and transfer to the UC system and finish but then was told their credits wouldn't be accepted. So...now I have a mountain of student debt I was tricked into accumulating, worthless credits and no degree! I did eventually make it to first level management but I cant get promoted any higher without that degree and I've now been employed there 22 years. University of Phoenix sucks. The teachers with the exception of a few know nothing, the recruitment and financial aid staff should be jailed and the school closed!

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] misappropriation of title iv funding

There was enough financial aid to cover my tuition and other expenses for school year 2017-18. However the University of Phoenix (UOP) unjustly returned a portion of my student loans for the 2017 semester after I graduated June 2018. According to my loan servicer FedLoan Serving, the funds were returned in November of 2018. Now the UOP has placed an unsecured loan balance of $5, 196.00 on my credit report via a collection agency and this balance, I do not owe. I have disputed this with UOP. I have contacted the US DEPT OF EDU, FTC and FSA. So far I have seen no results. I have documentation that proves I do not owe this balance and that no loans or grants should have been returned on my behalf by UOP. I was sent an updated account history I requested but the second one was one that could be manipulated. It was typed up in a word document and it was not like the original ledger I had previously received.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] college degree

This is a new issue that came up with University of Phoenix (UoP)that is in conjunction with the general degree mill, and quality of service.

1. This is a lower quality education than Ivy League, and this is accepted by supporter and non-supporter of the UoP model.

2. Recently UoP also updated their platform to base off of blackboard. this is not necessarily bad, but the implementation of the product resulted in non-functional educational process. Negatively impacting instructors as well as students in fulfilling their roles, as well as impacting the quality of delivery.

3. Along with the disorganized migration to an unfinished product, and likely the main cause of this new issue: UoP now demand more time investment from on-campus students. It looks like they took the online curriculum, levy it on on-campus student, then add in 4 hours of class time.

This is another indicator that UoP is going to be out of business sooner than before its last upgrade. Along with other pressures to stay in business, these poor decisions does not help them stay in business. We should consider that the ultimate purpose of a college education is to learn to think. UoP may not be qualified to teach "how to think"; in the interests of quality of service, delivery of a promisse, or making good decisions.

You can still decide to obtain a degree from UoP. Consider the risk of a degree from a university that will be closing. I am giving it 10 years before it sells to a different investor, going out of business, or downsizing to a small online population. As a result of poor thinking.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] did not allow me to finish school or graduate

University of Phoenix took my money and when I got close to finish they said I owed them $2, 000 dollars and they had me applying for loans to give them the $2, 000 dollars i never re received and kicked me out of classes and would not allow me to finish. They want me to pay $40, 000 dollars in loa s when I never got an opportunity to finish and they would not give me a copy of my transcript in order for me to go to Junior college . They have kept me from getting my degree. And I am sicker now more so then I was then and was fighting to finish. They took everything from me and my mother she wanted to see me graduate but died not being able to because University of Phoenix made sure of that. Please put me in on the Class action lawsuit. Debra Sapp debra.[protected]@hotmail.com

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] so called higher education scam/false information

When I began at Axia, I was told they offered Med billing/coding that also offered certification and job placement. Exactly what I needed. I am a USN vet and was using my GI bill as well as the pell grant. While I had some issues with admin in the beginning, after I got going I was excited to run with this program. I obtained A's in all courses and at the very end of what I thought was my med billing/coding program, I was contacted by axia admin telling me "sorry. We were mistaken before but if you want a med billing/coding degree, you'll have to continue with your last courses in health admin and then continue on for a whole other year to get the degree promised. So of course I continued on with my education, once again following the promises given by axia admin that I, for sure this time, would end up with the desired result of a medical billing/coding degree and certification along with job placement assistance through the university. I firmly believe the university scammed not only me but the fed gov to suck dry any funds they could. Not only did I NOT end up with my degree program, certification or placement, they ended up only giving me an associate degree in the (art) of health admin. A nice way of saying healthcare general studies. I have tried contacting the admin there several times and even requested contacts back to which I received no response. I will not pay for trash. And that's what my degree is worth. Anyone know how to resolve this issue please.

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University of Phoenix [UOPX] time frame of completing my msn

When I enrolled, it took me two years to complete my bsn.
However, during my msn program, I was repeatedly told I could not enroll for the next set of classes due to failing a course. I was made to wait up to 3 to 6 months before the administration finally approved my readmission.
There is no standardization among the professors. When I received a failing mark from the first professor, I received an a from the next professor for the same course.
I was in this msn from 2004 till 2016. That is a twelve year course for what should have been another 2 years.
I have since discovered that my education does not seem to apply to the nursing world as I was taught.

While I am proud of my accomplishment, I do not feel that uop is legitimate in the manner that they prolonged my education unnecessarily.

Joan enering, r.N., msn

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