Southern Union State Community College 750 Roberts Street, Wadley, AL 36276

"I loved my time at Southern Union. They had a large selection of online courses so I could stay employed while I attended school. I *highly* recommend choosing Carol Howell as your student advisor. She is easy to speak with and she made registering for classes simple!"

"I had a great experience here. I took classes at all three campuses. Southern Union was a good option for me when I finished high school and I didn’t have any trouble transferring credits. Did every single credit transfer? No. But it never does, regardless of the college you transfer too. I had great professors that knew me. The classes were small most of the time. The schedules were flexible. I was able to work 25 hours a week and go full time at night for most of my time there. I know it’s not for everyone, but it was a great fit for me."

"The nursing staff is wonderful. I attend the Opelika campus and have had a beautiful experience thus far; I have recommended the school to others who have asked me about the institution. I thank God for giving me direction and the inclination to enroll and attend. 5 stars for me! Like any other college or school that I have attended, YOU, THE STUDENT, must first do your part and the rest will fall into place. Nothing and no one school or instructor is perfect, but the best I've seen thus far. Stay Blessed and to anyone who reads my post, good luck with your studies!!!!!"

"It's a community college. What can you really expect from a public funded college in the state of Alabama with a grand total of a few thousand students? What you pay for is what you get, teachers and administrators compensated at a social worker rate, most likely as just some extra work as a side job. On that note, the campus itself is aesthetically pleasing and classroom sizes are small for optimum learning. Some teachers are superb, some are not, let not the difficulty of the class be the decider of proffesor quality but with how much more knowledge and better understanding you walk away with."

"I went to the Wadley Campus, and it was everything that it promised. Class sizes were reasonable, 15-25 people depending on the subject, no lecture halls of 200 here. The instructors cared that you understood the material and on multiple occasions I had instructors go out of their way to help me when I needed it. Instructors understand being an adult and having adult problems like kids and mandatory overtime getting in the way of classes occasionally. I needed to visit the Opelika campus a time or two, and they are bigger than Wadley, but I got the impression that they were more heavily trafficked, too. The original campus is in Wadley, my grandmother(!) got her teaching degree there when she still had to teach 3 grades in a one-room schoolhouse. However, the Wadley campus was rebuilt five or six years ago, and is -gorgeous-, with a friendly community that's sort of grown up around the college. They DO offer financial aid in the form of both Pell Grants and Stafford/Perkins loans, and the Wadley campus has dorms as well. To the other posters: You -should've- known only original transcripts records-office-to-records-office would be accepted, that's the way every college does it. Also, if you didn't feel part of the community in Opelika, it may be something about that campus which is in direct competition with Auburn and located along the highway. Wadley is idyllic and friendly in the middle of a rural county with very little else in town besides the college. I recommend it to anyone who asks, and intend to send my daughter here one day."