Thomas Edison State University
School info
3.1
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.3
Food
2.7
Clubs
2.4
Facilities
3
Internet
3.6
Location
3.6
Opportunities
3.2
Safety
3.5
Social
2.5
Happiness
3.4
Basic Information
Location
- Lawrence Township, NJ
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public university
- Established: July 1972
- Founder: New Jersey State Board of Higher Education
Academic information
Degree Courses
- More than 100
Key Area
- Accounting
- Sociology
- Criminal Justice
- Nursing
- Business
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 13,880
- Undergraduates: 10,046
- Postgraduates: 919
Notable Alumni
- Arthur C. Brooks
- Peter Baldacchino
- Walter E. Fountain
- Gary Heavin
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
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Students talk about this school
Good reviews
Overall 5
I am a slow learner and a HUGE procrastinator so this school was perfect for me. I have been working on my associates for too long now and this school let's you pick back up where ever you left off. The teachers are great and the work is better. Except for labs! I wouldn't encourage sciences or labs online here at this school. Overall, great!!
Overall 5
TESU gave me the chance to complete a 4-year undergraduate program in 2 years, all the while having a part-time job and learning in the workplace. TESU has a very generous policy by accepting CLEP and DSST credits. This allowed me to finish half my degree in six months. Very grateful to have chosen TESU! Will finish my degree in April 2018!
Overall 4.9
I take classes online. Great school. Credit cost fair. Good professors. Academic advisors strong and respond quickly to emails.
Overall 4.6
It great School that has lots of great professors, and mentors who are very helpful.
Overall 4.6
I transferred to TESU with 114 credits. This is the only reason I picked this school. It's cheap, fast, and had a liberal transfer policy. I'm graduating with a BALS Social Science & ASNSM Computer Science in June 2021. Didn't learn anything new. If you just need a degree to check the box I'd recommend it. Accepted to a different graduate school.
Overall 4.5
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Overall 4.5
It is important to note that this school is a distance learning institution for adults, which does not have facilities such as a cafeteria, on site library, social life, etc. so those scores should not be counted. The education that is acquired is excellent, however, which is the main thing.
Overall 4.4
Admittedly, I'm very biased since I graduated from TESU in 2017 with my BSAST in Nuclear Energy Engineering Technology. I took all my courses online and have been very pleased with the courses, teachers, and atmosphere of TESU. I'm currently working on my MBA with TESU and just finished my course in Social Media. Self-directed adults apply here!!
Overall 4.3
I am currently attending online classes at Thomas Edison. The professors are very lazy with grading. If you submit late you get a markdown but if they mark your paper 3 weeks late it's ok. Can't wait to cut ties.
Overall 4.2
Great school with liberal transfer policy. Semesters start every month, so you can complete degrees quickly. There is a credit hour residency requirement, meaning you have to take a certain number of TESU courses, or pay a fee. Personally, I think that's fair. The mentors (professors) are helpful. Wish there were more student comradery.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
If you graduate from TESU it will feel like an accomplishment. You will feel like you graduated not because of the school's administration and teachers but despite the them. I have been taking classes for three years and wish I would have picked a different school. You will feel like the the school is doing the bare minimum to help you.
Overall 1
TESU offers generous transfer credits. Don't let that pull you in. TESU is filled with abusive staff (google TESU lawsuits), outdated curriculum (to the point of requiring software that Is no longer supported to complete coursework), and constant website issues. You will encounter problems and you will spend more time than you planned. JUST DON'T.
Overall 1
Is this a school or a printing diploma company? Why so many morons staff got hired? Inconsistent curriculum, lack of knowledge for transferring courses, awful front-end advisors, lack of integrity. The location is in the U.S and it is a U.S diploma but no quality. The only reason that alumnus have a decent job because they already had a decent job!
Overall 1
Course work is too intense, even in the introductory classes. Thomas Edison claims to support working adults, but I had to quit my part-time job to succeed in the classes. It was the quickest way to graduate for me, since they took most of my transfer credits. However, I would not recommend this college to anyone just starting out.
Overall 1
If it wasn't cheap, I wouldn't have stayed. Classes are all a joke especially if you've ever taken a real college course at a real university. Pretty embarrassed that I have to put this school on my resume but the only saving grace was that it was dirt cheap.
Overall 1
If you like reading textbooks then you've come to the right place. That's all you'll be doing at TESC, reading textbooks and wondering where the information on the test came from because they never match up. Good luck, you'll definitely need it with the professors that don't care and don't know whats even on the tests! Can't wait to be done.
Overall 1.2
THE ONLY 2 reasons to graduate from this online Univ: 1) It accepts nearly all transfer credits 2) It's cheap. Other than that, this school has been a TOTAL PAIN to deal with. The advisors have given me wrong info countless times, and never stand behind it, which has cost me thousands. I genuinely cannot trust anything any faculty tells me.
Overall 1.2
If you like reading textbooks then you've come to the right place. That's all you'll be doing at TESC, reading textbooks and wondering where the information on the test came from because they never match up. You might as well just take CLEPs and DSSTs and save money by not attending this college. Professors dont teach the online courses, mentors do
Overall 1.2
The nursing program is awful. The program is not to benefit student but the school. The facility provided is far below standard. Anyone trying to be a nurse should avoid this school. It is a nightmare.
Overall 1.2
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