Opnions - TESC, Marylhurst & Southern New Hampshire University

I need your advice and opinions here please. I am a business major and should have my AA degree May 2010. I've been looking at TESC as it seems as I can obtain my degree in Business within a year or a little longer than that. However, I have been looking at these other schools as well but they seem to be $$$. What is your opnion of these schools and has anyone attended there? Would you hire me with a degree from any of these 3 schools? I also plan on getting my Masters as well and I'm a little stuck on this too - but that is quite some time from now. Any feedback would be welcome!

 

I received an undergraduate certificate in real estate from Marylhurst University. My main complaint w/ Marylhurst is the high tuition. The classes are done on a quarter system making each class four units which is incredibly costly at their current per unit charge. The real estate classes I took were challenging with levels of work much more intense than some masters degree classes I have taken. I don’t think they have much name recognition outside of Oregon. At least here in Southern California nobody has heard of the school. If money is an issue I would go w/ one of the big 3. After taking 2 classes per quarter for a year and a half and dropping a small fortune I transferred over to COSC.

 

A four year degree will certainly won’t hurt your chances. I think the best combo is a four year degree and then some type of specific certification or license in the field you are interested in. Good luck.

 

I have been working for 31 years, and the name of a school has NEVER been a factor in hiring decisions at the places I have worked, and I have worked for some of the largest broadcast news organizations in the United States. For those jobs that absolutely required a degree, the fact that a candidate had an accredited degree was the most important factor. Where that degree was earned wasn't anything more than a curiosity, such as "where did you go to school? University of ________? Oh, that's interesting. What year did you graduate?" I never heard any of my bosses say "Well, I hired John because he's a Yale man." Nobody cared. The only importance a school name has ever made at any of my places of employment is during NCAA basketball tournaments and football playoffs in which there were some rivalries between alma maters.

Just my .02.

 

Marylhurst in Oregon? Great school. I wish I could go there. I'd be happy to hire you from there, and yes I might ask you in the interview about your education and why you chose Marylhurst, especially when there are less costly options. I would know you can write, because it's a writing-intensive school. I have that from a department head. If it matters to you, their accreditation is is IACBE, the newcomer and least prestigious of the business school accrediting bodies. The same as Excelsior.

But it's known in the area. If you chose some equally fabulous school in another region I might not know the difference.

 

I live in Portland, and Marylhurst has a good reputation. Nice campus, too.

 

Its not even a comparison: if you want a top-notch business degree than go to Southern New Hampshire University. They are by far the best choice out of the 3 schools you mentioned. In addition, SNHU is ranked higher than the other schools you mentioned.

 

I hope the op made a decision on which school to go to four years ago.