LeTourneau University 2100 South Mobberly Avenue, Longview, TX 75602

"This school is greedy, unhelpful to its veterans, and unless you live on campus you are very unlikely to succeed here"

"In 1980 it was a dream come true! A combination of solid Biblical standards and ethics in combination with first class technical teaching make this a one of a kind school.The quality and integrity of the students helped with making many close friends over the years. The solid teaching caused me to excel in my career of 34years with the airlines. Given the chance, I would easily do it all over again! Blessings!"

"This is a technical college with an excellent education, reputation, and a stunning record of graduate placement. Those seeking a superior training and education in their applicable field of interest would be wise to make LeTourneau their choice. This is NOT a liberal arts college and should not be expected to be one. Those who are looking for a liberal arts college should find one that fits their needs rather than attempt to transform an already successful & prominently established technical college into something it was never intended nor even needs to be."

"Academically, it's a good technical college with an established pipeline to many well-paying, reputable companies. The facilities themselves are pleasantly modern. The overall culture, however, is depressing if you're of the creative and sociable type. The school has only really invested in its engineering, nursing, and aviation departments. While its ethnic diversity is impressive, its diversity of personalities & passions is disappointing. This is telling in the school's lack of outlets and activities in areas like humanities, visual/performing arts, greek life, or clubs. The incentive for a more well-rounded culture simply isn't there. It should also be noted that the ratio of male to female students is alarmingly lopsided. Being nerdy is cool, but not when it comes at the expense of diversity. To my surprise, many students & faculty insinuated that investing in the social sciences would make the school too sympathetic to humanistic worldviews. But if being "set apart" means creating a hyper-rational doctrinally oriented bubble-culture, I can't recommend this to anyone in good conscious. While officially non-denominational, the atmosphere is heavily "baptist-conservagelical." Even though I believe this position is still a valuable voice in its dialogue with other worldviews, the culture stifles the type of faith that is free-thinking and holistic. While they often denounce the humanism of secular culture, religious perennialism is considered the 'true' ideological bogeyman. It seemed the main purpose of their theology classes were to rationalize the supremacy of a spiritual imperialism that is mainly concerned with expanding it's boundaries rather than building bridges. This intellectual inhospitality reinforces sentiments of "us against the world" that is totally unnecessary and IMO, detrimental to mental health. That being said, most people are genuinely earnest and kind."

"The campus is lovely and spacious. We attended a function at the Allen Family Student Center. Very nice facility indeed. The staff was great. All our tech needs were provided for. We all loved it."