Keiser University

"Always a pleasure whenever I go here I love the school the staff the faculty always clean and they're always so accommodating"

"My experience here hasn’t quite been the best. I have been having issues with my financial advisor the communication lacks tremendously i have reached out MULTIPLE times trying to speak with someone about my issues and have not gotten connected with someone i can voice these crucial concerns to . It really is frustrating to say the least. I have been at this for about a month if not longer and still nothing . Not sure i would recommend this school to anyone i know."

"As a current accelerated BSN student, here is my honest review; I am an LPN with 8 years of prior medical experience. I served active duty and "shopped" nursing schools in Florida for over 2 years before ending my contract and relocating here for nursing school. Out of USF, Univ of Tampa, U of F, UCF, Herzing, and Galen; Keiser is the only school that actually communicated with me and answered my questions, followed up, answered my calls, and always got back to me within 2-3 business days. Anessa is incredible in admissions, and is truly gifted in guiding students through their educational paths. The interview and application process for the accelerated BSN program was incredibly simple and transparent, I knew what was expected of me as far as scheduling, class hours, study requirements, etc. The only thing that caught me off guard was the advertisement of having two programs; an accelerated program for those with prior medical experience and pre-requisites completed, and then a fast track program for those with a prior completed bachelors degree in another field. These are the same program, and I was surprised to be blended in with students with no prior medical training or experience whatsoever, seeing as how these students required a different teaching/learning style then myself. The actual program, now that I am past the first semester, is designed to be difficult. The first semester does indeed weed out those that cannot handle extreme stress, multiple assignments daily, multiple exams/quizzes/homework/busy work/labs/skills etc assigned daily... and that I can get with, weed out some students that may need more time to prepare. As we progress into the program however, you are fully teaching yourself. There are a small handful of gifted teachers that are blessed with the skill of educating students and expressing a topic to where each different learning style can understand; and then there are teachers that I feel are thrown into major courses (Medsurg 2, Pathophysiology, Clinical Decision Making) that are required for the "student to nurse" transformation that is supposed to take place in nursing school, and these teachers are not necessarily prepared or supported by staff. The assignment list will change 2-4x a week. The plan for the week will change every day. The skills labs that are supposed to be hands on training for 3-5 skills and it will take 2-3 weeks to sign off one class on 1 skill resulting in some skills being completely bypassed... During orientation for the program, the school administrators stressed that we as students needed to be prepared, organized, and anticipate expectations throughout the program, and we feel as students we are not being given the same standards. The teachers are sincere in their efforts, but some are overwhelmed and unable to teach a class of 20+ students such a necessary course. For $40,000+ a year, with no housing included, I fully expected at least the assignment list to be clear and finalized so I know what is expected of me. I also somewhat expected support from administration when these concerns are announced from multiple students. It worries me for those that are not able to completely teach themselves such an important subject, and shows why nursing orientations of 6+ months or longer are becoming the norm. Keiser University needs to hire more educators, and provide better support for staff and students who are not on the same page as far as coursework expectations and learning outcome milestones that students are expected to meet. I hope the program improves, however, when prospect nursing students ask me if I recommend Keiser's nursing program, I quickly tell them not at all and highly recommend completing the 2-3 year programs at traditional colleges/universities where they will have time to actually learn the material, and have clear expectations about assignments, learning topics, ACTUAL hands on skills training (despite a beautiful simulation lab available to nursing students and educators) and a much better nursing school journey as a whole."

"Ariel in admissions was fantastic! I have had a prior bad experience with Keiser in New Port Richey, but Ariel made sure to reassure me this school was not run in the same fashion."

"In my own experience, my admissions counselor Anessa was wonderful. She's very caring for everyone she helps. She called me to make sure I was okay and was with me every step of the process. I got accepted and financial aid was polite and helpful. So far everything is working out and the staff is so nice. Atleast the ones I have encountered. It is more pricey than some other schools is the only reason I didn't give 5 stars. I will give an update if anything changes."