Southern Oregon University

I graduated with my B.S in Psychology in 2022 from SOU. I transferred to this university in 2019 and it was the best decision I made. I felt very comfortable here and made a lot of great connections. I had multiple jobs on campus during the majority of my time at this institution. I was able to experience a variety of different things because I was involved in multiple extra curricular activities. Some of these include: McNair Scholars, TRIO-SSS,and ASSOU among others. I was able to live in Mcloughlin and experience living in the residence halls. I loved that Mcloughlin had a full size bed, a nice closet with mirrors, a full size refrigerator, and a decent sized kitchenette/living area. Although this university is smaller than other Oregon universities, I will say that it should not be underestimated. Everyone here treats each other like family and it’s nice when you see someone you know around campus. The campus also looks very beautiful during the different seasons and is nice to walk around during down time.

It is profoundly disappointing and unacceptable how Southern Oregon charges t. exploits its students through unjust and predatory financial practices. The school's blatant disregard for fairness in charging excessive, hidden, or unreasonable fees is nothing short of institutionalized greed. I made the mistake of enrolling in classes that I was advised by a staff member from Southern Oregon University would not count toward my Master's Degree. I made several attempts and sent multiple letters pleading to the upper staff at Southern Oregon University to expunge $9,000 in tuition for classes I did not ever attend. The greedy board, of course, denied me. I am thankful that I received my bachelor's, but I would not advise anyone to attend a school as greedy and unforgivable as SOU.

This school is absolutely beautiful and amazing in so many ways. Every person there always has a smile and is such a breath of fresh air. I love SOU!

I just do not like the way this school is ran. Some might but when you have to reach out via email to get ahold of almost everything it’s becomes way to stressful. Then I go to campus and am completely lost and you ask the people that work their where something is and they send you in completely different directions, to buildings that are being renovated and are just unwilling to either show you or find out for sure from someone else. I’m a new mom, trying to finish her degree, in a new state with no support. I don’t get the support from this college either especially with me being a new transfer. Not to mention I got charged a $400 fee for a class i passed and payed the full semester up front but have a hold cuz I magically have a fee out of no where that they can’t tell me exactly why I’m being charged. I’m transferring come spring because this is crazy.

If you have an option to go somewhere else, absolutely do not go here. I withdrew my enrollment a few weeks into the semester and they still charged me over $12,000 for classes I never attended. Sent me to collections and they refuse to send me the itemized bill so I don’t even know what I’m being charged for. Karie in the financial aid office is extremely rude, unprofessional and unhelpful. Every email I received from her is passive aggressive. Their staff is terrible and I would 100% never recommend this place to anyone.

This university is DEPLORABLE!!!!! Tons of fees, self centered staff and faculty, corrupt administration, They have a 60% retention rate and a 40% drop out rate. this is due to the fact that many students do not feel that they are getting the education they want and deserve. Also, they do not offer what they promise. There is a lot of outsourcing of academic services which should come directly from the university itself. IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE, STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!!!!!

Some of the teachers are fantastic - but the the staff, the web services, and overall education is downright pathetic. Most of the classes seemed like they were geared toward babies - way too easy! Website consistently bugs out and bans me from my own account in which I have to call the IT desk and remain on hold for an hour just so they can fix the same freaking bug every single freakin' month. I learned so so so so much more about Math, Biology, History, Writing, ect., from doing my own research and studying outside the classroom because most of the teachers taught everything so poorly. On top of all that, random fees plague the school. You want your transcripts? The thing we just have to print out with a push of a button? 20$. You want to graduate after spending all this money on classes? That'll be 50$ Graduation fee (Yes I'm absolutely serious, that's a real fee). Plus we need to charge you 70$ for your graduation gown (Which I skipped out on because screw this school).

Graduating from SOU is an asset of my life. Besides the cozy, cleain, and beautiful campus that this college had ever had, I was never late for all my homeworks towards my graduation because the computer lab was large enough to provide all students at the same time and the library and the cafeteria were cozy and peaceful enough to concentrate on finishing up studying. Plus, almost all courses that I studied (buisiness major and Spanish minor) were very practical and up-to-date. All the professors and my classmates were very friendly, and I still keep in touch with some of them on Facebook today. I showed the campus once again the other day to my daughter, who is now a sophomore in high school, and she immediately loved it after I showed the art department building and Schneider Museum because she wanted to major in art-related subjects while she was a bit disappointed to look at art facilities or buildings in other colleges in Seatte and Portland areas. I wish she would switch her first choice to this college so that I could give her more advises.

A JC education (at least for the first two years) for a slightly above state school cost. Not dissing JCs, just saying you can save the money by attending one. Anyway, overall, my time here was pretty 'good'. There are a lot of amazing campus centers like the WRC, there are great student resources, all of the programs seemed genuinely interesting and well-ran, I'm sure with the new student housing it is an even better experience albeit, its location across the street is eh to me after having lived in greensprings. The professors are a mix of good, great and meh. I didn't have any I would say were bad... The library is quite nice. The campus is very attractive and the town of Ashland is adorable of course. Not far away is Medford with all the suburban attractions and better shopping/prices. The Starbucks next to campus needs longer hours though! (Hopefully they changed them by now! What a loss of $ Starbucks!!) Overall the experience was good and I recommend Oregonians to check it out and out-of-state people to think twice,it is fairly pricey even with the WUE. MY ONLY COMPLAINT: I was forced to room with a minor (16 y/o who had just finished sophomore yr of HS). What the hell SOU? Who would allow (no, not a genius student who finished HS, a drop-out student who did drugs everyday I roomed with her and would hide tons of alcohol under her desk) a CHILD to attend your university? That immediately made me feel like my education was a joke. Oh and she also never attended class since we had one course together. If you're going to do that make them have a single. Seriously...

dear miss president i studied in southern oregon university many years ago . i was a honor student .and i was the first venezuelan in oregon at that time i have being teaching for the last 30 years in universities down here in venezuela. today i require to leave this country because , i am a political persecu , and i am afraid for my live giving that this castro communism government , through me out the university and try to kill me and took off all my wells and resources i am in a very poor situation . and because we can not get dollars or euros i am asking for charity for tickets and some traveling expenses