Loyola University Chicago ABSN Program

"I graduated from Loyola's ABSN in December and thoroughly enjoyed my time in the program. The staff is amazing from the professors to the clinical instructors. Glad I have my Loyola education to help me in my career as a nurse."

"Deciding to go back to school is never an easy decision. However, after completing Loyola's ABSN program, I wish I would have taken the opportunity years earlier! I attended the MAYWOOD ON CAMPUS program and graduated in December 2023. The education I received in Loyola's ABSN program goes beyond the classroom and hospital walls. From the first day to the last, I feel that I was supported, prepared for success, and was provided with a safe, welcoming learning environment. As a student, it was very important to me that I had several places on campus to study, collaborate with other students, and practice my skills. The Maywood campus has SEVERAL locations within the school of nursing and the connecting medical school that allow nursing students to independently study and collaborate with peers. Additionally, the simulation center is phenomenal! The simulation lab not only allows you as a nursing student to practice skills and critically think but provides interprofessional collaboration as well. Furthermore, I had the opportunity to be mentored by several professors as to where I see my impact as a nurse and how to achieve my goals. Not only did the faculty support me within the classroom and throughout clinicals, but they took the time to get to know me as an individual and desired my success. As a graduate of this program, it is very disheartening to read such unrealistic reviews of this program and nursing school. I am SO proud of my decision to become a Loyola educated nurse."

"Awful experience. Not worth the money at all. Before I came to this school, I ran into somebody at work who's daughter went here. I asked him what she had thought, he said "one word- RUN". I stupidly didn't listen, thinking it was just a one-off experience, and wasted money & time here. You will save upwards of 45k going to community college (10k ish)and then doing RN/BSN bridge online (5-10k) .During my admitting, the admissions counselor continually asked about my budget, if i own or rent my house, about people in my family who were willing to help me financially, and discouraged working during the program. Also, in the first 6 months of the program, I never encountered a real patient. We did not work with any actual people in clinicals during that first semester. This has been the polar opposite of the community college I now attend- they understand that we are adults with responsibilities, and nobody has pried into my financial situation. Clinical with real patients . Overall, I have nothing good to say about my time at this program. Hope they enjoyed the thousands of dollars I gave them. Also, why are your staff leaving 5 star reviews? seems a bit biased, doesn't it?"

"They have their staff write reviews for the program lol. I can't speak for the DG campus, BUT their Maywood ABSN program is an absolute JOKE. Orientation (which included the DG students for the 1st day) had no welcoming signs and you need an ID badge to get into the building, but as orientation students, we don't have that. So a group of us had to wait until a student came in and opened the door for us and from there, there were no signs indicating where orientation was, so we were wandering around the elevator and floors trying to look for the orientation room until we finally found it. *IMPORTANT* IF YOU ATTEND THE MAYWOOD ABSN PROGRAM there are NO study areas. The library that they have should not be called a library. It's one small area that's open (reminds me of a cafeteria) and they have I think 3 or 4 quiet study rooms. It's sad because we share the building with the med school students so you have all the nursing students AND med school students with no where to study. You have thousands of students with only 3 to 4 quiet study rooms????? You can go drive to the lakeshore campus to study (which is the main campus) if you want to pay an ADDITIONAL $300 to pay for their semester parking on top of already paying for the Maywood campus parking. But act fast! because the Lakeshore campus sells out on their $300 parking permits and if you don't buy one, then you're stuck with paying $7 A DAY to park your car because YOUR HEALTH SCIENCES "LIBRARY" DOESN'T HAVE ADEQUATE STUDY SPACES FOR THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THIS CAMPUS. This place is a joke. And all the staff that you encounter while applying for this school leave/take on new jobs and you wonder why..... But at the same time, if you apply to this school then you automatically get accepted. You have to be really incompetent to not get in. Fair warning, it does come with major downfalls."

"This site looks like you walked into a Grey's Anatomy episode! It looks like any hospital you have walked into but with a small classroom environment feel. Their are hospital beds and everything you would normally see in a hospital room. There also chairs set up in the center for students to observe and discuss different topics. There are even small details like supply closets that are stocked with materials nurses use regularly. There are also big details like a Pyxis machine that hospitals use to monitor and dispense medication. This site is a safe environment that gives students a live environment feel to prepare them for the health industry."