ECPI UniversityReviews 57

ECPI is a fraud. Quality of students they admit is bad. It's not possible for any student to concentrate for more than an hour. Class time at ECPI is 5 hours. The way this fraud continues is by making real bad students think they are learning as they pass exams. If a teacher would give them an exam comparable to other colleges they will all fail. They come to ECPI knowing full well it's federal grant money so students want a free degree without studying paid by federal tax dollars.

I have been trying to get contact on faculty at ECPI. Websites show NO e-mail/phone/faculty profiles. I've called 3 times, no luck. Call 1: The girl hang up on me stating she was there to enroll students ONLY. Call 2 - was sent from Raleigh campus to Charlotte campus... message said that there is no valid mailbox for the phone number I was transferred to. Call 3: After obtaining the Charlotte desk (thru the internet), I called them. Sent me to another mailbox that went to an actual voice mail. Maybe this will lead to me obtaining the information I need.

I graduated from the dental assitant program but I shouldve dropped out two weeks after enrolling in this school. DO NOT believe the comments that are titled IT WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE or dont listen to the ones that paint a picture of a helpful staff and a school that provides resources for you, especially of you are miltary. Those posts are from people who are paid to change ECPIs reputation. Run far away from this school. I regret and all my classmate friends regret going here. They did not prepare us for the real world but taught is with outdated equipment and instructors who should not be teaching. The mods are 5 weeks to learn detailed and complicated information. U will NOT remember everything and it will bite you in the arse when u have to do internship. Speaking of poor preparation... before i went to my internship site, i was supposed to reciew procedures with my instructors the week before. Do u know what they did? They left me in a room with a textbook... that was it. They didnt even realize i had left after a few minutes. The staff doesnt care a out you. Id gotten into it with the folks in financial aid because they were just as flippant and one lady had the nerve to throw an insult at me. Seriously? She blamed me for not being able to make my payments and even THOUGH they say they will set up a payment plan, that is FALSE. The payment plans ate more loans you have to pay back. Ive been told i had taken a class when i never did and the incompetence and miscommunication by the staff is embarrassing. Not to mention the school is EXTREMELY expensive. The cafe food is expensive as well. You will have to work 8-5 for your internship for 2 months and it will ALL BE UNPAID.

My advice to u is look elsewhere, heed my warning and just go to a community college.

NOTHING is what you get. I made the mistake of enrolling, for the first two weeks you pay for things that have nothing to do with the degree of choice, as well as it because a social internet party. At my age, I know how to manage my time, I know how to study and I was really looking forward to learning about the field of choice. Friend of mine who had enrolled at a local college have already gotten into their field of choice right off the bat. Their instructors don't Skype/Zoom for a social hour and talk about their pets, children or the way their hair is fixed... they talk about what the student has signed up for and don't wast their time. I am switching to go to the local college, to pursue my degree. Thank God I caught it just in the neck of time. Good luck to even picks ECPI as their college choice more power to you!

I was stuck in a phone support job that gave me a little IT experience but not enough to get an actual job. Finally I asked a recruiter what can I do to get into IT and she said she places ECPI University graduates all the time. So I checked at the Concord campus and found that the Charlotte campus would be closer to my work. The tuition was less expensive than UNCC plus ECPI had full time night classes.

I won't sugar coat it, going to going to school full time and working full time was hard. A lot of people cannot handle it and really do not want an IT career. That's why you see negative comments about teachers being useless, because, it IS and accelerated degree. (You get a 4 year bachelor degree in 2.5 years) and some people go into ECPI thinking it's going to be handed to them. It is not. You have to earn it. It's year round, no Christmas breaks and no spring breaks. And it is worth every penny and every minute of your time.

I was about half way through my bachelor degree when I started interviewing and I got a position at Vanguard (the investment company) based on the experience I learned at ECPI. I graduated a year and a half later and sent resume's to 4 specific companies and within a week, I had 4 interviews, 4 call backs and had my choice of companies.

None of this would have happened if I had not enrolled and stuck to my classes at ECPI University. If you are thinking about an IT career this probably isn't for you. But if you know you want a career in systems admin, network admin, network security, then this is the school for you.

I'll start off by saying that the teachers and staff are very helpful and positive. I honestly learned a lot even in such a fast pace environment. However, DO NOT believe that they will help you find a job. I'm over a year out with no career in my field yet. I tried to get help through career services and the best she could do was help me create a LinkedIn profile. So now I stress on how I will pay this expensive school back with no IT job to show for it. Going here is a gamble. It's only worth it if you have a guaranteed position waiting for you upon graduation.

I went to this school for 14months! And didn't believe, when folk told me not to go! Wish I had listen, now I owe money for nothing! From day one they had no instructor for one of my classes.So pushed my graduation back a month. I had classmates, dropping like flies, but I stuck it out! To get stiffed! I was on the deans list 2 modes, and wasn't doing too bad.Be careful about classes, because they don't point out when you sign up, you can't fell 3 classes. I read you can't fail a class 3 times, and some of the teachers not all try to fail students and make things more difficult. A teacher who worked there before warned the students about how crooked they where with failing students. I started off with 20, I was the last one too go! So it's not a high graduation number, because you have instructors who shouldn't be instructors or nurses.Its the most expensive dump I seen! Please go to community college a lot more cheaper and more competent instructors and department heads

I started off just getting IT certifications while I was in the military. I came back to get my bachelors and was happy to hear that they discount certification cost for a select few of COMPTIA AND MICROSOFT certs($20). Ive seen two types of students within the classes that I have attended. The one that doesnt show up and the one that showed up early. If you are not ready for a 5 week term and you dont have the discipline to focus on school, then I wouldnt recommend it. I really enjoyed the fast pace because it allows you to complete things early as possible to start on your career path. They also accreditted some of my military experience! =)

I was enrolled in the AS for electronic engineering, but mysteriously they enrolled me into the BS halfway through my AS. Since the classes are 5 weeks long and go by fast I ended up taking courses I did not need to take. They pretty much screwed me there. The financial services are taking their sweet time to send me my final bill, and as shady as this college is I wouldn't be surprised if they send me to a credit agency before I even receive the bill. Also the classes are a complete joke. I can not even think of one thing that I actually learned. The big bonus is that NONE of my credits transfer to another college (except as electives, big whoop). Save your money and attend a real college or a community college. Hell I would take OJT from a elementary dropout instead of going to ECPI. I PRAY the military gets rid of its SOCNAV agreement with this college.

The tuition is insane. They tell you that student loans and grants are going to cover your fees, and then they tell you later that you still owe them money. Worse, good luck finding a job when you tell your employer this was your school.

My brother tried going to this school and then I joined soon after. I quit when he told me nobody was hiring him. Do yourself a favor, read the reviews about this school using google and see for yourself.

The classes you take are not transferable to other schools. So you will owe thousands of dollars in student loans, and you won't be able to get the prospective job you were seeking.

The tuition is insane. They tell you that student loans and grants are going to cover your fees, and then they tell you later that you still owe them money. Getting an online degree I thought was going to be easy and useful but instead going to an online school is worse than attending a real school.