Tarleton State University

I really enjoyed my time at Tarleton State University. I was a transfer student, I transferred there my sophomore year. My first impression was how clean and beautiful the campus was. Classes had a small-town feel, usually about 15 students per class. Professors were very knowledgeable and caring. I was a hybrid student, more of my classes were online than in person. Online classes were flexible and easy to navigate. I felt supported by staff and set up for success. I would recommend Tarleton to... Read More anyone seeking a university with a close-knit feel.

I really loved going to Tarleton. The campus is beautiful and it has had a lot of work done since I went there. It's even prettier now with more parking and rooming. The teachers were good and I enjoyed my time there. Getting my advisor to know exactly what I needed was hard though. She never knew what I needed and when It was close to me graduating I was in shock that they told me I was going to need more classes to complete the education part when I had already planned to graduate. That would have... Read More made me stay for another year. I got an alternative certification through Texas Teachers for education instead.
Other than that I really loved the school and would recommend to anyone.

The college culture is surprisingly friendly and open. There are a lot of student activities to do on and off campus. Although Tarleton State is/was a bit isolated, the deep friendships you create make up for not having that much around. The instructors in my program however, were a joke! There were some instructors that couldn't answer a basic question and there is an upper Spanish class you have to take in order to graduate about poetry from the 1500s. Firstly, no one can read or understand what... Read More is even being said, secondly, that Spanish is not the same Spanish we're learning, thirdly, who can write fifteen page papers on poems with five lines, and fourthly, how is doing any of that supposed to help me improve my Spanish? That class was needless and needlessly hard! When I went in there, there was a girl who was taking that class for the first time, that should've told me all I needed to know. That was the first and only class I ever failed and when I took it again, that girl was on her fourth round. I am a huge nerd and really enjoy school; but I hated that class so much I dropped my second major just so I could graduate.

Tarleton is the premier university for a student focused education. My degree was nothing short of that. I had the chance to work in state of the arc facilities including a dairy, horticulture center and a farm. I have seen first hand how hands-on education is the best type of education. It is proving itself right now as an agriculture educator. The professors at Tarleton are the BEST. They are there for you no matter the circumstances and provide a sense of home in our college. I have never met... Read More a professor I did not like or learn from. Tarleton produces the best agriculture science teachers in the state of Texas and beyond. If you want to teach agriculture, do not look anywhere else. Tarleton State University is your place.

The MBA program at Tarleton seems to be unconcerned with student success, and is mostly focused on pumping as many students through the system as possible. Very little assistance from professors, the program has odd rules that you are not informed off, and they pump up their online class fees so that it makes the program much more expensive than advertised. The program administrators are generally unwilling to work with students on issues. The classes could have been taught without the professors,... Read More as all the assignments involved reading a chapter and completing a chapter quiz (all out of the book). Very frustrating to deal with, especially considering it is 2-3X the cost of an purely online program, without any additional benefits.