has anyone gone to OKLAHOMA CITY UNIV?

Ambitiouz · Sep 14, 2008

i went there for one semester. It's not a program I would recommend simply for the cost alone, $730 a credit hour. But also because many of us did not have a good experience there. I've seen a lot of weeding out and unfair accommodations made for certain students by faculty, to keep their ratings high. A couple years ago their pass rates we in the 50-60 percentile, and just recently jumped to 97%. So beware.

just_cause, BSN, RN · Sep 14, 2008

msxyz,

I have not gone there - was looking into it.. an interesting note is their program accepts any number of students that meet the pre-reqs - they 'expand' their program to accommodate additional students....which as nice as that sounds to me... it raises some red flags in my mind.

icyounurse, BSN, RN · Sep 14, 2008

msxyz,
I have not gone there - was looking into it.. an interesting note is their program accepts any number of students that meet the pre-reqs - they 'expand' their program to accommodate additional students....which as nice as that sounds to me... it raises some red flags in my mind.

Yeah I got my degree from a program like that, accepts alot of students to get the 700 plus a credit hour and then flunks them out 2nd year to keep their $$ AND keep their NCLEX pass rate scores high. I was not too impressed, definitely be wary...........If I had to go back and do it again I would have went to a different school.

msxyz · Sep 14, 2008

icyounurse why would you go to a different program if you graduated?

icyounurse, BSN, RN · Sep 15, 2008

icyounurse why would you go to a different program if you graduated?

Because I will be 60 years old by the time I pay off the massive student loans:)

RN=RN, whether you get it for 100$ a credit hour or 800$ a credit hour. I could have way less debt right now.

Also, they admitted too many people and didnt have many instructors and I dont feel like I got the best education that I could have. There was alot that students in other local programs got to do skills/rotations that I didnt because of a lack of instructors/resources for the amount of students we had.

just_cause, BSN, RN · Sep 15, 2008

Caveat - is most programs are designed to accommodate X number of students... any program that can surge to accept additional students is making sacrifices at some point... the fact that most programs have an abundance of applicants, yet this program continues willing to accept more, it seems that its price is above the 'reasonable' market value for an RN degree.

I agree with previous poster... the NCLEX pass rate is key - however another key is how many students who start actually graduate... this is an indicator of them properly accepting students who will pass and providing those students with proper instruction... it's of poor business to have a whole admissions process and then not pass a large a percentage of those you matriculate...bad for you bad for student - bad for business - IMHO.

Ambitiouz · Sep 15, 2008

Because I will be 60 years old by the time I pay off the massive student loans:)
RN=RN, whether you get it for 100$ a credit hour or 800$ a credit hour. I could have way less debt right now.
Also, they admitted too many people and didnt have many instructors and I dont feel like I got the best education that I could have. There was alot that students in other local programs got to do skills/rotations that I didnt because of a lack of instructors/resources for the amount of students we had.

I agree, RN=RN. This is why I decided against this private school. I do not want to be paying off my loans with my retirement checks. They will accept you as long as you meet the requirements because no one is beating down their doors to pay private tuition. They will deny or not pass students for any reason they see fit, so their aim is to admit many and pass maybe half or fewer. Spending that much for an RN education that is no different from a community college RN program was not worth it to me.