The University of Texas at Arlington

I graduated from UTA with my MSN FNP. My whole program was online and I only set foot on campus for graduation. This is a great school. It is sad to see so many negative comments, but do not let that deter you from pursuing your goals. I highly suggest planning to invest 15 hours of your time studying weekly for every credit hour you're taking each term. I thought the classes were fair, the instructors were accessible and helpful every time I had questions, and I learned lots of helpful information... Read More and "tricks of the trade" from my professors for my career as an FNP. When I took my boards I passed the first time as did 7 of my peers. I highly recommend this school!

Stay away from this school!!!! The school might be a reputable brand, but the nursing program is far from being worthy or credible. UTA has gone downhill. The NP instructors are not connected, the academic coaches are a joke, and it's so difficult to get support from anyone as an online student. The worst courses, by far, are the Assessment and Acute Care courses. The lectures are over 10 years old, references are out of date, and most lectures are instructors reading power point slides. It's literally... Read More like listening to a knowledge dump instead of being educated or taught throughout the courses. If the instructors are experts and students are learners, there is no point in dumping "what you know" on students. Clearly shows that the instructors eat their young. It's horrible and shameful. Coming from a more reputable institution, I quickly realized that you get what you pay for. Totally not worth the stress, money, and disappointment. Plus, you have to find your own preceptors. That's a different horror story. (Robbery!) I'm still a student at UTA, but I can't wait until it's over. The instructors and courses are horrible and poorly organized. Did I mention the academic coaches are a joke? Literally. The grades are never reliable, and the coaches help with nothing. They might even be a 3rd party company? It's horrible. Trust.

I do not recommend the online program to obtain your advanced practice degree in nursing. I should have listened to the reviews when picking a school but this was one of the few that provided the degree plan I wanted. Find a program with good reviews and if they assist you with finding your preceptor that's a bonus! This school is expensive, you put in all the work, and the cost does not reflect the quality of the education. They really should be held accountable for the material they are providing... Read More their students to learn from. This is a money-grabbing program not interested in your learning outcomes. They ask the students to provide feedback but it doesn't appear as though they are making adjustments based on reviews.

Please, stay away from this program if you love yourself. I did everything I was told to do yet couldn't get into the program. The most annoying thing is that these people kept calling me about this program on a daily basis. Then I decided to go for the program, and they waitlisted me. It still does not make sense to me, like I did not sleep for days. It felt like they tricked me. How do you call me on a daily basis for your so-called online BSN, and ended up not giving it to me, after I had transferred... Read More in my credits, started classes to complete the basics, but yet you guys denied me the opportunity of getting into the upper division program. I did everything I was told to do, passed the Teas with a high score and still didn't get into the upper division program. This made me so mad, and I had to tell my friends that were planning on applying to withdraw. I personally think that UTA should stop disturbing people with numerous annoying calls when they already have enough people working in their so-called partnership hospital for the program. UTA wasted my time and energy because they needed 70 hours of credit for the lower division before getting into the upper division. I say this again, STAY AWAY FROM THIS PROGRAM

After going through the entire enrollment process only 46% of my associate degree credits transferred (which I have already completed and I'm currently practicing as an RN with) and only 42% of bachelor degree credits transferred. I had already completed a large number of credits toward my bachelor degree at my previous university. UTA enrollment advisors told me that I would have to submit a course syllabus in PDF format to petition for each course that was not accepted. I asked for a list of all... Read More the courses that were not being accepted but I was only given a very short list of a few courses that may be accepted after petition which I was told could take six to eight weeks. I immediately found an alternative online university which accepted ALL of my credits and it only took me about a week to start classes at an entirely different university. It also has a much more intuitive online environment and streamlined experience. UTA should be ashamed of making people take longer to finish school and to spend more money through them on unnecessary credits. They wanted me to take A&P, Algebra, English courses, and Biology courses that I have already taken over again and that's just naming a few! I now need fewer credits than the credits they weren't counting! I now only need thirteen credits, as it should be! Here is an explanation from an enrollment counselor which is the last I spoke with UTA. I can't overstate my disgust. "In order to have a course evaluated for direct equivalency a course syllabus is needed. Unfortunately, course descriptions will not be accepted as it does not provide enough information for a change. You will need to send an email with the course syllabus attached for each course you would like to have reviewed to the email address below: (transferarticulation@uta.edu) The syllabus must be sent in PDF format; Word documents will not be accepted. Be sure to include the below information Name UTA student ID The institution you are sending the course from Course Subject Course Number Course name for each course. Once Transfer Articulation receives the information and attached syllabus, it will be forwarded to the academic department for review. The respective academic departments make the final decision on if the course will be accepted as a direct equivalency. They will notify the Transfer Articulation team of the decision and Transfer Articulation will notify you. Unfortunately, this decision could take some time to be approved as these are Chairperson, Professors, Deans, etc.… making these decisions. Please allow at least six to eight weeks for a decision"

I read the review when I was looking for a RN-BSN school. I saw all the negative reviews but again hundreds of students were graduating in the program. I had to decide to be among the negative students or join the positives and graduate. Definitely if they made it, why not me? thats what I asked myself.I enrolled at UTA and now about to graduate with high honors. I feel proud because I never listened to negative reviews. Just listen to your heart. Do whats required in the program and you will do... Read More just fine. I have never been happier.I finished the whole program in 1 year.very doable with two jobs and 4 kids.No loans. I paid everything out of pocket.God is good and to all who want to join UTA Nursing program, its intense but you learn a lot in the process. Go for it.

So I am currently 1 year and a half into the program. The beginning was not bad and most classes were a joke. I feel like at this point in the program they make the classes unbearable because they know that you are too far in to back out. I am about to take the final for Family 2 and this class had been my worst nightmare. The tests are short answer, not fill in the blank short answer, but they are essays. There's a total of 10 questions with sub questions. There is no way a person can memorize all... Read More the information they expect you to regurgitate back for these exams. I am a straight A student and have been throughout my BSN but this class is impossible. I am barely making it by with a B. I have no idea if I am going to pass because of this final. Personally, I think I am doing pretty good in these tests but the grading is so subjective per coach and my grades do not reflect that. I am studying my butt off and have absolutely no life. This program is not worth it. Not to mention I do not feel prepared at all for clinicals. Look for something else. I wish I had a good program to recommend to you all.

I wouldn't recommend University of Texas at Arlington RN to BSN program for my rat. Once they have you sign up for the program , they will just leave you wondering what to do next, what class to take and so on. Then, you'll find your self begging for help. I'm feeling like I'm in educational gamble. At UTA what you hear is not what you get in reality. Education department should stop this scammers. They post all five weeks assignments on canvas without any explanation. Those videos on modules are... Read More not helpful at all. The quizzes don't match coarse objectives. Teachers and coaches are destined to fail students. They just want students to repeat the coarse so they can make more money. University of Texas Arlington is the reason why the nation couldn't improve the number of RNs with BSN degree. How do students go to the right RN to BSN program while scammers like UTA are around. I already started telling my colleagues not to fall for UTA's scam. waste of time.