City university of seattle

I am trying to debate whether to get my BA at City university of Seattle or University of Pheonix.

Any idea which one has a better Business acreditation? Or any other alternative

 

There is no question; City U of Seattle. Much better clout and probably much cheaper. U of Phoenix, while it is a good school, has an undeservedly bad reputation. UoP is also quite expensive. I'm familiar with it because I have a buddy who is a prof there, and it really is a good institution. However, City U of Seattle is a not-for-profit school, is regionally accredited and is known as a B&M school. All of those facts enable the school to carry more clout. Add that to the fact that it is probably cheaper, although I don't actually know the tuition of City U of Seattle, so I'm guessing on that one.

 

In my opinion I think City U would better for you first degree (if this is your first degree).

Dave

 

Agree, City University of Seattle, for the reasons Michael mentioned. Probably much cheaper, and it wouldn't have the "oh it's that online school" stigma that UoP unfortunately has.

 

Exactly what he said....I have even removed UoP from my resume due to the an undeservedly bad reputation.

 

I am looking for a BA in business. I see the City U is ICBEA accredited. Is CityU 100% online, do I need to go in for exams? Does it have any ranking

 

I spoke with an enrollment counselor (salesman) from UoP gave a pretty solid response when I mentioned poor reputation. She said UoP publishes more peer-reviewed papers than any other online school. If that is true, I wonder why that has not helped their reputation.

A good deal of their problem is created by saturation advertising, huge profits and extremely aggressive enrollment counselors. But lots of publishing should help, I would think.

 

Paste from Wikipedia:

City University of Seattle holds regional institutional accreditation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).

The University's undergraduate and graduate business degree programs are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).

Currently, the School of Management is a candidate for accreditation with Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

The ACBSP is #2 in business accreditation. AACSB is #1. I'm not sure that IACBE carries a lot of clout. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong on that. So accreditation is one facet where UoP might have an advantage, wouldn't you think? I believe it already holds ACBSP.

 

I never heard of the "UoP publishes more peer-reviewed papers than any other online school." Where is the proof? It would not be beyond reason since they probably have the most students. My issue would be that an employer does not know (or care) about that. The next thought maybe, "published where - on a blog?" The advertising is what gets me with them. I also fear that other online schools may start to over-advertise and get a bad reputation for the same reason. I have seen a lot of ads for Grand Canyon and Capella lately.

 

Yea, that and the price is why I lost interest in Capella.

As for the publishing fact or fiction, remember that was said to me by a salesman...uh I mean enrollment counselor.

 

Its seems CityU does not have ACBSP? Does this really make a difference if they hold IACBE?

 

The main thing is the fact that they are regionally accredited, that's what you are looking in for a school. That is the highest level of accreditation that is granted for an entire school and Seattle has that.

The other accreditations are for the business school only and are not necessary but are a nice feather in their cap. ACBSP will be good for the school and by the time you graduate, it should be accredited by them. I'm not all that impressed with IACBE. I have heard that their standards are pretty low. It's probably better than nothing, but maybe not that much. I wouldn't worry, the regional accreditation is the most important factor and the ACBSP should come. You could contact Seattle U and find out how long they expect the ACBSP to take.

 

Thanks for the information. So I guess Seattle is better than UOP.

Anyone have any experience with taking courses at seattle? Are they quite difficult or more like taking courses at UOP?

 

I have limited experience with UoP and no experience with Seattle U, but I can tell you what online school is like in general.

There is usually a lot more reading and a great deal more writing than traditional classrooms. Get good at writing papers. Most schools expect you to participate in threaded discussions related to the reading and you are often required to post a certain word count. I think I remember that National University required posts of 250 words. NCU does not require threaded discussions, I like that. Many schools have online, timed tests you must take.

You will do a lot more work, but you can do it on your own schedule and you don't have to attend class. However, if you have difficulty getting assignments in on time in a regular school, you will have more difficulty online. Online is not easy, at least the legitimate schools are not easy. But I totally love it.

 

I think that is exactly the reason. What would be actually be a useful statistic is the number of peer-reviewed papers published as a percentage of degree-enrolled students. How much anyone want to bet those numbers are not available?

 

It seems as if CityU ranking worlwide is quite low (its shows 2000 + VS UOP at 666). Again does this make any real difference?

 

Why would the useful statistic be number of peer-reviewed papers published as a percentage of degree-enrolled students? Why wouldn't the useful statistic on peer-reviewed publications have to do with faculty rather than students?