Webster University

After looking at what the market had to offer here in St. Louis, I chose to get my Masters Degree in Management and Leadership at Webster in 2006 because I already had a B.S.B.A. in Accounting from SLU and an MBA would be an expansion to what I had already learned - Management and Leadership was the best field of study for me; as a newly minted Division Vice President for a Fortune 500 company I needed to develop my softer skills of influencing my team to adapt to a changing market. My advice would... Read More be to choose wisely by reading Rate My Professor and asking other students about their experience with excellent professors. Webster's core strength lies in a balance of academic professors who know theory and consult to adjuncts who can immerse you with learning experiences to help you drive results in the real world. I had a strategy professor who changed my life there: I took what he taught me and used it to gain a promotion when I was in a roundtable with the CEO of our company. Webster teaches you to lead from your own chair.

Do not apply for the International Relations degree through Webster. Find an accredited University abroad if you are interested in learning anything for a professional career. I wish i would've known the about fraud and money scams before I applied. The classes in London were more than a joke. Teachers showed up late to class, canceled at least 25% of them, and they even made me pay full price for "self study" classes which consisted of me sitting in a room by myself making up topics to present to... Read More my professor from Google. The academics are not important to them, but the money is. There are much cheaper opportunities and colleges abroad that have real classroom environments and academic criteria. You will give you a much better experience going through them as opposed to spending all your time fighting with administration over the poorly run programs they offer. As a Webster Graduate myself, I can attest that this school is anything but academic and will not help you find a job after you graduate.

I disagree with most of the posts here. My experience at Webster was outstanding. I already have an MBA from the University of California, Irvine and decided to pursue the master's in Procurement and Acquisitions Management. The program was very good. I found it to be similar in academic rigor and quality of education from my MBA program which is a top 50 MBA school. I mixed my program up by taking 3/4 of the classes in residence and the other quarter of my classes online. Both experiences were good.... Read More Watch out for fake universities that are for-profit like University of Phoenix. These institutions are out only to raise their shares on the stock market in the pursuit of profit and money. No educational institution should be based on this principle since universities should always be in pursuit of higher education and research.

Perhaps it is the nature of the Education system and teaching courses in general that I have qualms with, rather than this institution. All of my teachers were very helpful and assigned meaningful books and assessments. However, some of my required courses overlapped in their readings/instruction. Also, there were no prerequisites for anything, so I often found myself "dumbing down" my analysis of the material in order to facilitate discussion with my more novice classmates. Overall the courses were... Read More very easy and predictable, but for the money I would liked to have learned more and to have been challenged.

The best thing about attending Webster University online is that the classes are eight weeks long. I find this to be a good fit between schools that have four weeks classes and others that have longer sixteen weeks classes. The school actually cares about you even if you are an online student. When I first started, my counselor actually called me to talk about my education plan. The school also has a department dedicated to retaining online students and they are very helpful. They hold online tutorials... Read More and open forums to help anyone that needs it. This could involve technical issues or help writing papers. A great bonus is that all students receive a free account for Lynda.com

Most of the reviews appear to be newer graduates, within the last 5 years. Simply put, My MBA from Webster has improved my position in life dramatically. The difference is I received my degree later in life when I had some experience already behind me. Many people of this younger generation expect to walk out of a college with a degree and obtain a starting salary well above the median salary for their field of study. To say a degree from Webster is useless shows the entitled attitude of the generation... Read More and ignores prominent graduates that include celebrities, politicians, judges, musicians, Athletes, journalists, and Film & TV arts. As with many things in life, it is what YOU make of it!

Webster University is a great school for Military, non-traditional learners. The instructors were very flexible with my schedule which allowed me to work full-time and still manage the curriculum hours at my own pace. I enjoyed the interaction with other students in the online environment. The diversity of the students provided me with a different perspective on various topics of discussion. The overall curriculum of the school was challenging, yet manageable. I would recommend this school to anyone... Read More seeking an education in the traditional and non-traditional environment.

I attended Webster. I came here simply to see how other people felt. I saw its rating 44 % I saw some other people write good reviews about Webster but surely they are not actual students. Google "Webster" and see for yourself what other people say. I was very young and nave when I went to Webster. They completely ripped me off. Even though I was a good student, there was no support whatsoever when I needed it. I dropped out and I had to restart all over again. None of my credits were recognized... Read More or transferred. I'm not writing this review for Webster staff who, I suspect, left a couple of recent and positive comments (lies 100%) I'm writing this review for a person who doesn't have a lot of money and who is worrying if Webster's going to treat them fair. They won't. If you are, in any shape or form, sensible to check out what other people say about Webster, I strongly discourage you to take your money elsewhere. I wanted to see if Webster got a bad rating. It did. And I was happy because it reflected my experience. Its bad rating is deserved. If you are a good person and you care about your education, please don't ever consider Webster for anything -- this university betrayed me and my friends, ripped us off and, indeed, nobody mentioned that they went to Webster -- because these days, it works against them This is a bad university and its administration are bad people.

I did my research before applying to business school, and I am very pleased that I went with Webster University. The 1-year accelerated MBA program was a big challenge. The university ensured the same curriculum in the regular MBA program mirrored the 1-year program, as it should. Classes ran one right after the other, and there was only a two week break over the Christmas holiday, but I'm very happy with my experience. My cohort classmates were successful working professionals and offered a great... Read More conversation throughout the entire 1-year program. My instructors were knowledgeable, responsive, professional and inspiring. The curriculum was challenging but applicable to the every day corporate world, which was extremely important to me. I have been working for 8 years, and didn't want to enroll in a program with students who just earned their bachelor's and were just rolling into their next degree program. Not that this is a problem, it just wasn't the academic environment I wanted while earning my MBA. I really enjoyed the way Webster's curriculum encouraged students to discuss experiences, study them and then apply course material to make them better in the future. For me, the Statistics and Corporate Finance courses were the most challenging, but my instructors were great about answering questions and supplying examples to help me out, not to mention many students used the online messaging to work together on homework questions. I would highly recommend Webster University's MBA program.