Benedictine University

I spoke to someone last fall and they were super helpful with all of my questions regarding the one year online MBA program. I fell in love with this concept. Now that it was time to apply to the program, I have tried four different times to contact someone over several weeks and have yet to receive a response. I tried twice through the general «Contact Us» on their webpage, I left a voicemail with the person I spoke to last fall, and I found another staff member’s e-​mail address on a separate/​bulk e-​mail that I received. All I wanted was to get some final questions answered about the application process. Not only did I decide after no response to take the summer off before enrolling in a graduate program (rather than going straight out of my current bachelor’s adult program at another university), I decided I’m not going to Benedictine either. At what I’m paying per credit hour, I absolutely refuse to «beg» to attend any school’s graduate program.

I am a class of ’93 graduate and enjoyed my time at Benedictine. The campus has changed over the years, for the better and worse, all at the same time. I miss old Ben Hall, but it was old, out of date and would have cost an inordinate amount to renovate and upgrade. Logically, I get it, but emotionally I still miss its’ quirks and history.
That all being said, the new buildings are very vice and from what I can see from my recent visits to campus, the staff still cares about the students here.

I was not exactly thrilled with the MSN program at Benedictine University. I started my masters degree «journey» at Chamberlain but then decided to see what BenU had to offer. The professors were great. I also enjoyed the layout of the online program. Group projects were also required which was different than Chamberlain also slightly inconvenient. I was very dissatisfied with attempting to contact people in student finance and academic advising. It took forever to get a hold of someone and they were hardly helpful. At Chamberlain you could reach someone almost immediately and they were always helpful. If you are trying to decide between the two schools I’d choose Chamberlain

I applied for an online degree. An MPH. I have a bachelors and a professional degree. I had to withdraw due to illness. After the first week no tuition reimbursement is offered. I guarantee that this will be a waste of time for you academically and professionally. But to need time off for illness and have it fall on deaf ears is ridiculous.
Update:
After a series of very annoying letters and calls (actually 2 calls and 10 separate faxes) student accounts continues to contact me regarding my student bill. When you apply, you sign a document to pay tuition in full if you don’t withdraw by the first week! That is a rather unusual policy (I have a Bachelors and a doctorate, I would know).
I have no problem paying bills. I have a problem when an institution of higher learning can’t find something faxed 10 times!
If you want an education do it the old fashioned way with lectures, office hours and exams. I am over online education completely.

Want to be surrounded by closed minded religious Muslims and Catholics? Want to be isolated for being a normal American College guy? Want English to be a minority language? Then please attend Benedictine where you experience the joys of Pakistanis and Indians blocking all the hallways and cluttering up the library where instead of studying they have endless conversation. Where the teachers are aware of cheating but will do nothing about it. Where your counselors don’t care about your academic progression and offer you no advoce. The 4 years wasted on this school were the worst 4 years of my life. I will never forgive nor forget this establishment for wasting my youth and ruining my future.

I am an alumni and I have mixed feelings. First, I was told that ‘everyone’ gets into the program that is necessary to turn my degree into a career.
That was a lie. It turns out the number is closer to 10%.
However, believing that lie lead me to pursue a degree and spend $ 12,000 of hard-​earned money. This is a non-​profit so I can’t understand why they would push us to spend money for a worthless degree.
I did have many good experiences at college, and I think this is a good school, and could be a great one,
Another issue is very limited class choices making for a difficult time for commuters (ex: class at 8am, next class not till 630 pm, so i have to sit around all day between classes)
Also, if you are looking for a predominately Catholic school, you should know, that Benedictine is about 30−40% Muslim. It was interesting to meet this diverse population, but I was disappointed at the lack of Catholic presence on campus, I felt that my faith was weakened, not strengthened.
I was also sad at the hatred towards those of Israeli background, and the prejudice that occured towards this group. Yes, i get it, there is a lot of issues with israel and palestine, but cant we all just love eachother? That is my religion– love, and as Benedictine is a Christian school, I think that ought to be the bottom line

Benedictine U. is a decent school, but is currently ranked Tier 2 in the 2014 U.S. News and World Report college rankings.

Went to see the plain white tees play. Well organized, clean and friendly. The tees rocked and had a great time!

If you want to relive the Suburban High School that you went to, attend here. Be careful when discussing majors with your counselor they will tell you anything you want to hear to get you enrolled in a program, I know from experience.
If you are double majoring or minoring, check with each teacher if classes that you need are listed at the same times — my senior thesis wound up only meeting Wed and I could have taken the neccessary teaching course to graduate, but no-​one informed me about getting a manual override to register for both — they try to suck you into another full year.
Also beware of the financial aid dept, there is a certain blonde with a chip on her shoulder that will make you life a living hell, and doesn’t understand that IL is a right to work state.

A good school for undergraduate studies. It has some nice facilities and a fairly decent sized campus. The student body here is great, everybody is friendly and the environment is educational. Its a great place to get a good education.