For Profit Colleges?

[Donald11]

I was seriously considering getting an LPN diploma from a for-profit college and was wondering if this will make it harder to find a job and what HR thinks of such schools. According to the NY Dept. of Nursing, the school in question, Monroe Colelge, has a NCLEX passage rate of 90%, which seems to be a bit higher than most community colleges.

Also, as a business, are for profit colleges easier to get into?

[CuriousMe]

The biggest concern with doing a for profit RN program like ITT tech, seems to be that if you want a BSN, your credits won't transfer to another school. However, University of Phoenix will accept credits from ITT and you can even get your MSN from their school. Although of course its also another EXPENSIVE school, some people don't have the luxury to wait around for years to get into a RN program and ITT Tech provides a solution for them. I do think everyone has provided great insight on the schools, but not everyone is the same situation as others (some have families, time constraints, the list goes on...)

That is not the least of the problems with the for profit schools. The root of the problem isn't that credits won't transfer....it's why they won't transfer. They won't transfer because the school isn't accredited. It isn't accredited because it does not meet educational standards for accreditation. As the program doesn't meet educational standards, I'd have real concerns about the value of my education.