Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

So far absolutely zero interaction with a professor apart from reading the one announcement at the beginning of the module that tells you to do your assignments. Every week you read something like 5 chapters out of a textbook they don't tell you about until you're already into the module then you write a bunch of essays, which is fine but theirs never any interaction with the instructors. However 15% of your grade is posting canned responses to your classmates work, but again there is absolutely... Read More zero teaching going on. You teach yourself, you can ask them questions however they might not get back to you within 48 hrs if they ever do. Which all of this wouldn't necessarily be a deal breaker if it weren't for the $3000 price tag taking two classes every 9 weeks. My thinking is, if their isn't any instruction going on you're better off just going to a different school. Here you are only paying for the name "Embry-Riddle", and I just don't feel like it's worth it. This is just my experience and opinion, maybe you enjoy this style of learning and think it's worth it.

Absolute worst experience. Arrogant teachers. Basically, “read this book and then do a huge assignment that takes you over 20 hours based on no instruction”. If you are concerned with your GPA do not touch this school. Everyone gives you the same canned response or tells you to talk to someone else. Every single course is completely different than the last. It seems there’s no oversight on the content designers. A lot of gotcha type methods. The focus is more on trucking you into an incorrect response... Read More rather than helping you learn the material.

Be aware that they stamp your diploma and transcripts to note that you didnt attend main campus. Go to a school that doesn't discriminate against their own students. Your transcripts and diploma are not considered the same as Daytona or Prescott. Ask them if worldwide grads are treated the same as Daytona grads by employers and schools. They even have separate graduation. Worldwide students are segregated from Daytona and Prescott...just ask your enrollment advisor, then find a non discriminating... Read More state school and enjoy the same,respect and honors associated with degree completion as on campus students. The education is excellent but the utility of your achievements will be diminished by the schools policies and main campus elitist attitudes. Worldwide is a different school than Daytona or Prescott. YOU ARE NOT GETTING A FULL ERAU DEGREE.

I was enrolled in the online Engineering degree program through Worldwide. As others have written in their reviews, the classes are short and leave little room to withdraw and requesting an incomplete is near impossible even though it is allowed. The instructors are merely facilitators who, just like most students, only complete the minimum requirements. I complained about course material in the ENGR 101 course and the instructor replied with the course material is not his. Not once did any instructor... Read More actually try to teach anything. the school is just as military friendly as any other online school, perhaps even less. All actions are controlled by the instructor, who again only performs minimally. I am very disappointed as many of my co-workers in the space industry have degrees from ERAU. The only difference is they went to the actual school. I know two others taking online classes through Worldwide that are also having the same issues. ERAU needs to improve the quality of the online courseware and they need to hire actual teachers for the courses, not these facilitators. I thought this school would be much better given the high rating, but I wrong. Do yourself a favor and look at other programs.

Academic advisors are good, but instructor(s) are mediocre at best. No consistency in requirements, no one knows what's going on, and nothing really gets fixed. For example, the McGraw Hill (Connect) program that interfaces with Canvas is riddled with bugs (in my experience) and assignments that were completed in Connect and graded will mysteriously disappear. You have to call tech support at McGraw Hill to try to get it resolved, because the instructor who is supposed to help will not return emails.... Read More Then when you get in touch with someone from McGraw Hill it's someone in India that you can barely hear, because the call is obviously long distance and cuts out mid way through a sentence then you have to repeat again. And even after all that you're forced to retake the assignments again, because tech support can't find any trace of you completing the assignment. Yes I do have the answers from the assignments I completed, but how do I know I won't have to do this same crap all over again? This is totally ridiculous and at this time I do not plan to go back to ERAU for their online MBA program after my current class. Unfortunately I will have to retake some of the classes I took (2 classes), because they are not accepted at AACSB schools like UF or Penn State. But it'll be worth it as long as I don't have go through this insanity again. Another issue is the instructor(s) inability to respond until a week later when they are supposed to respond in 48 hrs to questions. Completing a degree like this does not take just time from me, but from my family as well. Also this kind of experience is not acceptable these days when people are being put in massive debt with obtaining a college degree and not seeing a return on their investment. Even for degrees that do matter (e.g. STEM). If they're okay with this kind of performance and fine with a few people leaving the program that's fine, because they're not getting my money. Out of 10 stars: Financial Aid Process 9 stars Academic Advisor 9 Stars Instructors 3 Stars Academic Material 6 Stars Technology 4 Stars

This program is for folks just wanting a degree. The courses are very easy but to try to get credit through work experience (30 Years) its a joke. I could teach these classes and they simply want my money. NO chance of waivers. They give every excuse in the book as to why the class is better than work experience. I DO NOT recommend anyone to attend this degree mill if you are serious about aviation. The online discussion boards are full of nothing to learn from. I went in hoping to get something... Read More out of this program and consider it a waste of time. Hope this helps some of you on the fence.