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WGU was an excellent choice for my Bachelor's and Master's of Accounting. The online program gave me the opportunity to work while I attended college. I was able to study on the weekend's and in the evenings. The Professor's were very helpful in one on one sessions, if you needed extra help in an area. The testing was proctored and timed, which was fine. I was able to get a job as an Accountant upon graduation, and now I am eligible to sit for the CPA exam. I highly recommend WGU for its flexibility... Read More and the affordable tuition.

WGU was a great place to undertake my Masters in Accounting. Studying online allowed me to be flexible in when and where I studied and sat exams, while being able to submit coursework when I felt ready.
WGU provides you with an Academic Advisor for the duration of your studies. This is great because it means that you always have someone available to talk to or message if you are having problems or need help with navigating the course.
Each module has a dedicated course leader(s) who provide a mixture... Read More of live lectures, recorded lectures, and studying materials depending on the course. When I was having trouble with understanding how to perform specific types of calculations, they were available to talk through the issues with me, all the while making sure that I was the one who reached the answer instead of them simply stating the answer.
If you are looking to do an online degree, I would recommend WGU as a safe and friendly place to attend!

Can't find a job that pays anything. WGU advertises that college graduates can earn a great starting salary. Where? The few places that even interviewed me didn't pay enough for even a single man to live on. Let alone a father of three. I finished the three courses assigned to me and another. But didn't finish a fifth before the end of term. Now they took away my aid, and when I tried to set up a payment plan, I got a alert saying that I didn't qualify for the payment plans. So I either pay all up... Read More front or quit the program. I'm so sick of this place. And the accounting field in general. No one hires you without experience. Well how do you get experience. I thought there was a national shortage of new Accountants. Well all the firms are so picky about wanting experience. Let AI take all the accounting jobs. That's where it's going anyway.

WGU is great if you are self-motivated and persistent enough to learn complex materials on your own. Many people write bad reviews because they probably have a different expectation of what they will need to do. The truth is WGU provides you with everything you need to learn. The books are all you need, but there is A LOT that you have to learn and when you can't understand something you just have to keep reviewing it until it finally clicks. Beyond the books, you do have other resources provided... Read More by the teachers, so there are no excuses besides the ones you make for yourself. If you want to finish in one semester, you can do that, but you have to work your butt off. If you are working or have other distractions in your life, you can still finish in one semester if you are really disciplined. If you have some familiarity with the material and no distractions, you should be able to finish within 3-4 months if you study all day every day. If you want to start a program, you really need to ask yourself if you have what it takes. Are you ready to sit at your desk for 3 months while everyone else is having fun? You can keep pushing yourself when your brain is tired and all you want to do is watch some tv or play video games? To sum up, WGU is what you make of it. You can learn the material to just get by and pass the tests or you can take the time to master the material. I made sure to take good notes for the subjects that were really important to me and my future career. I'll review those notes from time to time as I start my new job. Hope you do well. Stick with it. Your future is in your own hands!

I attended a local brick and mortar business school in 1998 for 1 year and it cost me more than my entire Bachelor's degree with WGU. I completed my Bachelor's degree with WGU in 2013 and have this year returned to complete my MBA. WGU is not a "diploma mill" and I do know people that have attended that have failed the program. It takes discipline and hard work to complete their classes but they are very student focused and will give you any tutoring help that you reach out for. They encourage student... Read More interaction and have several state brick and mortar locations. They are the perfect option for working adults and for those who have some working experience. Students just out of high school that are looking for an easy way to earn a degree in their pajamas better think again. I am proud to be a WGU alumni and my degree completion raised my salary from $53,000 per year to $75,000+. I know that is probably the exception to the rule but I am looking at $100,000 per year very soon. A degree DOES make a difference and WGU is a great place for those who have real world experience and are hard working and disciplined. They do not hold your hand but they do support you in making good decisions regarding your education. Their IT department is fabulous at dealing with any computer issues you might have. I even know someone personally that had a full computer failure and her mentor mailed her a laptop to use until she could get something else. I look forward to being a student mentor there some day. That is my new goal......