Jacksonville University
School info
3.4
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.6
Food
2.7
Clubs
3.4
Facilities
3.5
Internet
3.1
Location
3.1
Opportunities
3.5
Safety
3.4
Social
3.3
Happiness
3.6
Basic Information
Location
- Jacksonville, FL
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private University
- Established: April 16, 1934; 90 years ago (April 16, 1934)
- Founder: William J. Porter
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 100 majors
- minors
- and programs
Key Area
- Undergraduate Research
- Business and Technology
- Healthcare Sciences
- STEAM
- Sustainability and Environmental Projects
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 3,957
- Undergraduates: 2,938 (fall 2019)
- Postgraduates: 1,236 (fall 2019)
- Academic Staff: 180+
Notable Alumni
- Artis Gilmore
- Dee Brown
- Otis Smith
- Aaron Bean
- Jade Cargill
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Good reviews
Overall 4.9
I received an amazing education from JU with all of my professors holding PhDs and the professor to student ratio was very high. I'm now an executive with a fintech company, in grad school at LSU and excelling due to my top tier education received from JU.
Overall 4.5
JU is a great school
Overall 4.5
Awesome
Overall 4.5
The most beautiful campus you could imagine. Right on the water, small, friendly, and safe. I never want to leave.
Overall 4.5
best schooool EVER. GO GREEEK LIFE! even if you dont wanna be in greek life.. everyone in this school is sincere and everyone is a family due to the small campus! love it!
Overall 4.4
I am so glad I chose JU! The nursing program is amazing, classes are small, professors really care about you and try to help you, people are friendly, the buildings are nice, and the campus is drop-dead gorgeous! The only cons are the cafeteria and parking. Other than that, it is amazing. If you have a chance to come here, do it. Go Phins!
Overall 4.4
The campus is beautiful, and every student is kind and courteous. There are a lot of opportunities, and the school really pushes you to achieve. The school also LOVES giving away scholarships.
Overall 4.4
It is a small school so it is very easy to be involved on campus. The school continues to explain and listen to the voices of the students. I couldn't be happier choosing JU.
Overall 4.3
Very amazing school, I can't recommend that you go there if you don't have sufficient scholarships because of the steep costs, but they do hand out very fair scholarships.
Overall 4.3
Love the campus, easy to get around and beautiful. Starbucks and chick fila are great, waves and cantina roo are too. Cafeteria some great items some blah.
Love the friends I’m making! Teachers have been good. Students supporting the sports events is fun. I’d love to see the university expand and grow more.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.2
This school is embarrassing. I don't like to tell people I got my degree here. The campus is not that beautiful. The professors suck especially if you're in a graduate program. This should not even be your backup school. It's expensive and not worth your money. I tell everyone to avoid this school. Especially for the graduate programs.
Overall 1.2
I've had A LOT of issues with this school. This school drained me from 2019-2021. The admissions/financial aid staff is sleazy. The financial aid are the worse people at the school, they tax on soo many hidden fees which messes up your classes each semester. Admissions just throw you in classes you don't need. wifi sucks, food is awful. BAD SCHOOL.
Overall 1.2
Not Specified.
Overall 1.3
I'm currently a freshman and I only came here because they gave me a $30k scholarship but I still have to pay a lot. Reminds me of a community college, dorms are bad and elevators always break. Come to JU if you wanna feel like you're still in high school because everyone knows eachother and there are no opportunities . Paying sm money for nothing.
Overall 1.3
The campus is really dangerous there are shootings across from campus all the time. If you are conservative you will be hated from your first day. The food is terrible in the cafe. RUNNNNNNN while you still can!
Overall 1.4
The Professors are quite not there and you are basically on your own. The staff will make you take unnecessary classes because your major "requires" it , but after reading my self it's better to do most the set up yourself. The University is in it for the money and that is it. They don't care about their students.
Overall 1.4
I don't know about anyone else who attended but I had awful experiences with the Registrar/Financial Aid departments. For one, they never have your account updated until toward the end of the semester (i.e. way past the deadline to drop the class/classes). No $$$ to JU = no transcripts to transfer to a better university.
Overall 1.5
If you go to JU, you'll be paying Ivy League tuition for a community college education.
Overall 1.5
I went to this school for one semester and left. This was the worst experience. My academic advisor was terrible and i feel like he set me up. Gave me biology, calculus, chemistry and other classes all in one semester and kept telling me not to change it. Ended up dropping chem and failing bio. left with just 8 credits! i worked my butt off!!
Overall 1.8
Not worth it. It seems they do everything they can to make sure you do not graduate on time. Poor advising. Nursing program is awful. Little to no support. Food is inedible. Black mold is growing in The Village Apartments. Clicky. There isn’t enough parking. All this for $200,000 in loans. But, I have made what I hope to be lifelong friendships.