Excelsior College Online Degrees, Rankings, and Reviews

I was in the Army for eight very long years and had credits from about seven different colleges. Excelsior was amazing and they combined all of my courses together and said that I would only have to take 4 courses to graduate. This college is insanely... Read More expensive and if it was not for my GI Bill I don't think I could possibly afford going here, but I am most glad for the opportunity that has opened up for me to get my bachelors finally!

Due to obligations arising from military service, post military career, and life in general, I have attended 7 different institutions in the pursuit of my BS. I can honestly say that at excelsior you will have to put in the work as it’s no cake walk.... Read More They definitely make up for not having physical class by having you do more work. That aside, I can honestly say this is the first and only institution that I have attended where I can say I have learned things and taken away skills. Each institution I was at previously was a matter of going through the motions. I didn’t seek Excelsior out for this but I was happy to have found it here! While all professors are different, most seemed genuinely interested in delivering the content and challenging you. Every professor at excelsior has always had incredible accessibility/availability, which is huge. If I have to find a “con” I think I would point to two things. First, financial aid isn’t very smooth (not that it ever is) but more so here. Secondly, and arguably less importantly, the “extras” seem to be half-hearted afterthoughts. By that I mean the very few honor societies available are run on a skeleton crew and do not seem serious despite being actual accredited national honor societies (alpha sigma lambda, salute NSCS, etc). For the military, they kindly have dedicated a page with info and such to foster comradery , but that’s about it. They do have veteran centric advisors, so that’s good. Also do not expect to find any clubs or whatnot. Granted excelsior is an online school, but there are social things that could be done. Many/most students here at the college are “life long learners” who hold down families and day jobs so these “extras” probably would not interest most students anyway. All in all, if you want a serious education with competent staff, great platform, and a pretty decent library you will find what you are looking for at Excelsior College. Just don’t go looking for a taste of the Greek life, athletics, or clubs here.

The school is attentive, loyal, and care about their students, throughout the entire educational program. For example, if you sign up to a class and you believe it's too difficult they work with you to change your class immediately. Financial aid is typically... Read More attentive in the school as well.