Thomas Edison State University

TESU prepared me very well for grad school, with the result that I eventually completed multiple advanced degrees. Going here was the right decision as it helped to lay the necessary foundation for success.

I’m currently enrolled in the DBA program at TESU, and I can confidently say this has been one of the most rewarding and refreshing academic experiences I’ve had. Having attended other colleges and earned a few previous degrees, I truly appreciate the level of support and professionalism at TESU. The Financial Aid team, especially Danielle Williams, went above and beyond to ensure I could continue my education. Dr. Sam has been exceptional his feedback is thorough, timely, and encourages real growth. Dr. Williams (Dean) also leads with genuine care and responsiveness, making the program feel supportive and student-focused. I highly recommend TESU to anyone looking for a flexible, high quality education with a team that truly wants to see you succeed.

I would not recommend. Paying just to teach yourself, take midterms and exams and have professors grade without explanation or just don’t read the paper but give you a grade. And academic advisors.. *sigh* — Choose your stress wisely.

This place is a total degree mill. And I let them know just that when I received my alumna survey two to three years post graduation from the Bachelor to Master’s program. Some great things I could say are the excellent bandwidth of internet courses and resources, help, ease, and the way in which the classes are organized in general. There is plenty of flexibility and interesting courses to choose from. The huge problem is, the STUPIDITY of the students that you share classes with, and that are even accepted into the school to begin with. Students copying and pasting my work on discussion boards, not participating in class discussions even though there is a parameter by which they have to answer, whimsical professors responding with emojis to questions, and mentors that instruct as if they are instructing grade school kids and grade their assignments as such. I cannot believe I went onto the Master’s level program only because my undergraduate was in liberal studies and it did not have a specific concentration. I chose to finish a in Professional Communications, to which still has no real point or use. My fault. The absolute icing on the cake was in one of my history of civilization courses, where, within the discussion board, a MASTER’S level student replied to some degree, that dinosaurs and caveman were both walking the Earth at the same time, something about the difficulties of foraging food. This is a well received myth by many people, but how embarrassing that you chose to write that without doing any research, let alone the fact that that revealed her lack of knowledge or insight into actual coursework or factual knowledge. I was absolutely baffled, but no more baffled at the fact that my mentor did not correct her on it, say anything, or advise differently or the class about this total inconsistency. There are constant misspellings, sophomoric grammar skills, uncollegiate-like discourse, lack of engagement issues, even given the age of technology that we are in, the lack of desire for students to proofread their work, edit it, or even have enough pride to take the courses seriously and present themselves in the best academic light, again to which I will reiterate, the obvious copy and pasting of my thoughts, and ideas, which is still plagiarism, which my mentors did not choose to acknowledge to the class, and gave them full credit for. I was warned by a REAL professor there, a Doctor of Sciences, that college is very much still a business, regardless of how I wish to see it. I was stunned by her blatant honesty, to which looking back now, I truly appreciate the sincerity and boldness of that statement. Some good things about the courses are that books are affordable through many different venues, and that the mentors do more than enough, in fact, overboard, to avail themselves whenever you need them. While you are enrolled, the school is constantly emailing surveys and also two alumni post-completion of courses and course evaluations and professor evaluations. They are also constantly accepting feedback about the technical support received, and will immediately remedy any technical issues that occur within minutes. The ancillary support staff is friendly, kind and effective. Whenever I needed to get to the right department — more frequently than I would like to admit — I was always put through to a live person and not to voicemail box. BOTTOM LINE: this is the university to go to if you work with a support staff or office team in human resources, you like to rub shoulders to get ahead in life in a business setting with “colleagues” and seek some type of accolades through jobs that require a specific title or level of education to open different doors for you. In my opinion, everything else is just a mishmash of vague degrees that are not applicable to real world job applications that provide any real merit or value to a working, dynamic or technical/medical/scientific career. I have literally spent about seven minutes proofreading this Google post, more than students there would even do for class.

I graduated with my BA from TESU in 2020. I had a great experience with this institution and would reccomend it for any non-traditional student who is comfortable with online classes. I fit in relatively well as someone who had many varied credits from stints in college here and there but in a year I was able to piece all of the credits together and finally finish my undergraduate work. However, this school is for self starters. If you are someone who requires a lot of 1 on 1 attention with an educator this is not the best option for you. I have taken online courses at more traditional universities and actually found TESU to be more rigorous. (My theory is that since it's an online only school they put more into the online curriculum then a brick and morter school with online options) Bottom line: if you are motivated this is an affordable and great option to put a degree to your name.

I am approaching my graduation this year. I have been able to obtain my Bachelors online while working full time and on a budget. Let me say you receive a great education. They actually teach you at this college. The mentors set the bar reasonably. A lot of the videos and articles are based off ivy league schools such as Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Why pay an arm and a leg and graduate with debt when you don't have to? This school is accredited and Nationally recognized. You want your degree this school works with you and gives you options. Not to mention you have the opportunity to apply for tons of scholarships. Go for this school! I am so proud to be a soon to be alumni of this institution. They do learning right! 10 out of 10. Its disgusting to see any poor/bad reviews of this college. Ok, every place is going to have the receptionist that is new or having a bad day, or that one off professor that nobody cares for. They are fees but in comparison to other schools all the fees don't even compare to the tuition of other colleges! Also if you do online you do have to actually READ and think for yourself. That's true. The mentors are there to help not do the work for you. That's the point of learning is to actually learn. Most of the exams are proctored via online so if you are looking to cheat or commit plagiarism this is REALLY not your school. They take academic integrity very serious. Life is what you make it. If you are looking for a laid back college that's not going to care and just give you good marks for doing nothing then this school IS NOT for you. However if you are actually craving to learn on a budget then this school is for you! I never ever review anything but felt compelled to brag on my school!

I did not start working on a college degree until I was 23 years old. By the time I found Thomas Edison State University I was well into my 30's and had taken courses at 4 different colleges/universities. The staff there did a great job at coordinating all my credits so that, with several portfolios to collect 9 final credits, I was able to complete my degree several years earlier than if I have continued with the university I was attending at the time. That's because they would not take some of my credits from previous course work at the other institutions. I was then able to go on and get my Master's Degree from Temple University. Thomas Edison State University was a perfect fit for me.

I will begin by saying your experience with this university directly reflects your participation. Let's start with the admission process; it was easy, and your ability to do everything online. Next, let's talk about financial aid; I didn't use it since I paid (an excellent value) as I went along. Moving along, we have the advisors. The advisor, Amy, gave me great advice and showed me how to get my degree quickly while learning so many new ideas. She pushed me outside my comfort zone and made this experience truly enriching. I started with 68 credits, and 11 months later, I had 125 credits and a bachelor's degree. To do this, I had to use TECEPT's, testing out of classes. I came to the school with a great deal of knowledge I gained from life experiences. TESU was able to show me how to prove that knowledge was worth college credits. Was this easy? No, it was tough, but it was cost-effective and much faster than classes. I took several courses and had tons of homework and tests. I just kept up with the work. My professors were great. They all did most of the communication with emails, and that was wonderful for me. Once I completed my studies, I applied for a new position only available to someone with a college degree and got it. My life has changed 360 degrees, and it would not have been possible if not for Thomas Edison University. I will say one last thing. You have to be focused and self-motivated to become a graduate. There is no free ride or a fake degree; you must complete the work and do it mostly on your own. If you want this, you will be successful.

The professors are professional, knowledgeable, and super flexible. There is a wide variety of classes, professors, and class types to suit anyone's needs. Even if you don't have a lot of time, you can succeed with how the classes and due dates are structured. However, the admissions, bursar, and most all other departments apart from the teaching faculty are impossible to work with. They charge absurd fees for absolutely nothing and are not military friendly. They won't charge fees for your first semester to rope you in and then they'll come out of nowhere and you'll be transferred from department to department before they tell you that you can't even get your transcripts to go to a different university without paying them. The teachers are worthwhile and come from all parts of the country to give all different perspectives, but the other faculty make it easy to walk away from the university.

I attended this college for a music degree. All of my professors were adjuncts from John J. Cali school of music at Montclair State University. I had the pleasure of working with Ting Ho, Ruth Rendleman, and several other fine professors. I knew someone that went to Seton Hall, paid Seton Hall prices, and ended up with the same professors I paid Thomas Edison for. I can only say that you have to be willing to do a lot of writing. My writing skills went through the roof because of Thomas Edison State College. The prior learning assessments were also a huge help to me. Because of them, in my last year, I was able to attain 56 credits while working full time. They are not easy, however. If you are an independent thinker, worker, and are good at keeping your goals in mind, And Are not really concerned about the social life of college, Thomas Edison maybe your best choice.. And, I did get my music degree. I am very happy to say I graduated with honors.

I recently graduated with a BA in History. TESU was far far better experience than my two previous online schools worked very well. The courses were demanding, however, I was attending to learn and earn my degree. Instructors and admin staff were always helpful and supportive.

I almost have earned my BSBA here over two years and transferred in a ton of CLEP tests. It wasn't a bad deal but it's expensive if you're not careful--get the annual enrollment plan and it's OK but you must be ON IT... People won't look …

They will NOT grant military members extensions with activation orders. If you are 88% complete (just one exam missing) with a course Mona Spera will recommend you drop the course and loose the credits. It is even bizarre to the mentors. …

This is a great institution! I graduated years ago! I have to say that if you are looking for an easy way in, then this probably isn't for you. At this institution I worked hard and enjoyed learning. I especially loved the hands on lab, …

Let start off by saying this school wouldn't be so bad if the financial aid office didn't try I rip you off. This department gives the school a bad rep. You can call different times thru out the same day and get a different answer every …

Great school, you get what you put into it and can make it a great experience. As with any school they have specific programs, you can't study everything at any one school, know the field you want to go into and base your decision on what …

As a member of the military, TEU made it easy to combine the technical medical certification I earned in the Army with credits I earned through TEU and at my local community college. Courses were not dumbed down, and tests were all required …

i spent a great deal of time working on my educational pursuits over the years, the college reviewed my transcripts from several Universities and was able to map out a plan for me to complete both my AAS and my BA in about 15 months. it …

update: check out peirce colle in Philly. have decided to go back. They take up to 90 credits and have a liberal arts program that is geared to people who have mostly cc credits. They are accepting my capstone that TE would not. I took a …

This is my second semester and so far I have had very good experiences. I’m working on my BA degree and I like the flexibility or finishing faster compare to other universities. My professors have been very professional and very accesible which is always a plus.