Ashford University

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Ashford at a Glance

Location:
Clinton, IA
Setting:
Town
Control:
Private For-Profit
In-State Tuition:
$16,270
Out-of-State Tuition:
$16,270
Room & Board:
$6,000
Full-Time Undergrads:
42,859
Part-Time Undergrads:
118
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School Website:
www.ashford.edu
Admissions Website:
www.ashford.edu/
Financial Aid Website:
www.ashford.edu
Application Deadline:
February 1
Acceptance Rate:
67 %
Admission Difficulty:
Average
Average SAT Scores:
1130–1510
Average ACT Scores:
18–22

Most Popular Majors

  • Business
  • Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
  • Social Sciences
  • Business Management
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Overall ExperienceWhat's This?

Ashford University provides a great learning experience in a very unique environment. If you ask online Ashford students if they're happy with their choice to attend school there, most would probably say that they would do it all over again if they could, mainly because of its flexibility and convenience with schedules. The instructors are helpful and respond to questions in a timely manner, usually within one to two days. The instructors are helpful and encourage students to constantly look for better answers. Online classes are very convenient to students with complicated schedules; students can complete assignments at their own leisure, yet within the time constraints of deadlines. Most students find no problem completing their assignments.

A drawback of being an online student is that you don't have the opportunity to really check out the organizations or physical resources Ashford offers. However, the University does have an online library that students can go into from the Student Portal. The library is easy to use, and students can usually find most of the sources they need when writing a research paper. Even though it isn't your typical college interaction, the instructors and classmates are friendly and very helpful when you have questions. Students are able to help each other in unique ways. In one case, a student didn't have her book for class yet, and another student was able to scan a copy of the assignment and e-mail an attachment to her. Classmates are also helpful in post discussions and give each other timely advice and wisdom.

Ashford Student Reviews

Overall Experience at Ashford University

hollydillon2

Health Care Management '14

0.0
F

Great Great Coursework!

This university has a great staff and the curriculum they had to offer was insightful, however; Financial department needs to be more personal with the students. When they changed their financial policy mid term without warning of this prior, just an email was sent out as the to change. this effected all online students, as the university's financial aid policy went from a student having stipend funds to pay for such things as internet access, computer upgrade, etc for 4 months, to no funds available for 4 months of coursework. Help me to understand folks, if I am enrolled in an online university, and part of my tuition is to either replace my computer in case of a problem, access my online courses paying monthly for the internet, and any books that are not provided by the online eclass, yet all of the funds were taken for classes that I haven't yet taken, prior 4 months, is there something wrong with that? I think so. Instead of my having to have a failing grade in a class for not being able to access the online course, or having an incomplete grade, I decided to withdraw, but prior to that i had the university to drop all of my classes they already took the funds for, so it would show in my account portal, which would make it easier to transfer over to another university without overlapping funds.

All in all great staff except that they are only following orders from their superiors, who need an overall in their financial policies.

Mar 30, 2012

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miwarr1823

Psychology '12

4.2
A-

Overall Experience

I love this school, if the customer service was a bit better due to my specific situation, I would have graded this school an A+. I like the curriculum, the materials are by no means a piece of cake so I still get a challenge. I enjoy the communication with the Instructors, they are very good at response times.

Mar 19, 2012

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pcso13

Social Studies Teacher Education '12

5.0
A+

Experiences

Being able to attend college and work has been amazing. I am getting the best of both worlds and Ashford University is a big part of it.

Mar 18, 2012

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