Do you think Strayer University is a joke college?

Question:I was thinking about attending Strayer University because they offer evening classes that work with my busy schedule. I would like to attend a state college but the cost and the schedule is a bit more harsh. Does anyone know if this is a good college or is it a waste of time like those fly by night colleges you always hear about on the radio. You know the ones that tell you will earn $90,000 dollars once you graduate due to high demand. I do not want to apply for a job and people laugh at the college I attended because its not the most prestiguos college. Thank You

Answers:
US DoE doesn't accredit colleges, they recognize accreditors of colleges. Just a fine point but important because they recognize some accreditors that the other accreditors don't accept.

Strayer University is multi-campus proprietary college with a home in DC that operates for a profit the same as Univ Phoenix, Capella, Corinthian, etc... [disclosure: I own stock in Apollo, COCO, and CPLA] - they are accredited by the Middle States Commission which is a regional accreditor. They were founded in 1892

USNWR ranks them as "International, specialized, and other institutions, unranked" which is the same as University of Phoenix.

They are probably equal to any of the bottom colleges in your state - they are not "the most prestigious college" out there -- that would be someplace like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc...

It's very possible that they are better than the likes of East Podunk State University at Way Outback Campus. They won't be equal to YourState State University or the University of YourState.

If you look around your community, there are probably evening and/or weekend courses being offered by your local state university or community college. There may also be a campus of one of the colleges that serve military communities such as Webster U. or U Maryland. Any of these would be higher on the prestige scale than Strayer U.

That said, Strayer is regionally accredited and that means they are at least equal to or better than whoever is the lowest tier 4 out there. It's very likely that they are not the worse RA college in the country.
Never heard of it but any college that promises you an inome of 90,000dollars is desperate for students.sooo be careful
It is an accredited University through the US Department of Education, and has been since 1981...so they must be doing something right.

Employers will not laugh at the college you attend, but they may question it and ask for transcripts if they suspect that you lied about it.

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