Concordia University, St. Paul — Attraction in Saint Paul

This is not an honest university. They lie to students just to get their money and do not help students in any way. They even try shady tactics to steal your money like not allowing you to drop all your course within the drop/add period which is odd because that time frame should give you the authority to do so. They try to keep courses on your schedule so they can charge you for it. The financial aid department is rude and can never keep their information straight. You will always get a different answer with them. They are only nice to the students who get duped into giving them money, but if you ask them about your financial aid they get upset as if you are only supposed to be seen not heard. The staff are very unresponsive they do not pick up the phone, return phone calls and do not answer emails efficiently. An example if you ask them how much will it be for four courses and will it be costly. they will answer an answer like how many course do you plan to take. A lot of their answers either don't answer the question, don't make sense or are answering a question with a question. Plus, the cost per credit is very high for the type of school it is. Better schools have a lower cost per credit like schools on the east coast, south and west coast. The President ignores students and doesn't respond to them. Plus, a lot of the staff is lazy. A task that only takes a day or two to complete with take them three weeks. Upon admission they omit a lot of important information to lure you into their program. DO NOT ATTEND THIS UNIVERSITY! THERE ARE BETTER SCHOOLS OUT THERE FOR LESS. CONCORDIA- UNRESPONSIVE....

This is by far the worst run school I have ever seen. First, the front offices can’t tell if you’re coming or going. They tell you everything is in order but then come back to you after classes are starting and tell you they forgot to submit your paperwork. They also like to have you sign up for programs they have zero possibility of even having get off the ground. So once your registered they pull a bait and switch on you and drop you into a program until your desired program eventually starts. Hint: the program never starts so you owe them a lot of money and never even get the degree you originally desired.

This place definitely treats you more as a dollar sign than a student and couldn’t care less about your goals or future. Only that you pay them on time. There is some serious shady business that takes place in this school. Especially in the business programs. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to find out that they will be under investigation for secretly operating as a “For profit institution”. Hint: they will be soon because they have been reported.

Also, don’t expect them to offer you any form of apologies, even when they know they mess up. When three students in a program confront the administrators and program chairs about their desire to learn, and the lack of cooperation from instructors, the entire management team runs and buries their heads in the sand.

Honestly, my best advice is to cross this school off your list if you value your future, or have any interest in a real education.

Front office: if you read this, we’re still waiting for an apology and some acknowledgement that...

Concordia St.Paul, specifically the M.S. ITM program is one of the worst programs around. Professors turn a blind eye to blatant plagiarism happening all across the program and this makes it extremely difficult for those who actually want to learn to learn from each other as most of the time the online discussions are just there for people to get points and not for people to actually learn.

As a master's program that relates to I.T. management this program may offer courses that seem to help people how management works but in reality all of the work done is just research based and nothing practical. You don't interact with your classmates and in my cohort there may only be 2-3 people who actually shares their thoughts in class.

The biggest problem with CSP is that all they care about is money. They don't care about the programs or how well it prepares their students. All the program does is get as many international students with no background in IT and get them an easy degree where they use third party homework helpers constantly to help them through out the program. The majority of the professors are all burnt out and don't seem to have the desire to teach anymore. They just teach the same old things from 2-3 years back and give generic feedback on your assignments.

Overall, CSP is a place to get a cheap and easy degree. If you truly care about learning. Do not apply here. Find something else as this is a cheap university...