Roosevelt University

The financial aid staff are a hit or miss. Kathy is the absolute best, but please avoid David. He is the worst. Stay away! My only issue with this school is their offices, any of them that you deal with they aren’t very helpful. Otherwise I’ve enjoyed my classes and experience here.

I wish I could give 0 stars but I can’t. Let’s just say the fucking food here is complete shit. Homeless people eat better than the students here at Roosevelt University. Food is way overpriced and let’s just say the quality or the food and staff aren’t what I would call 1 star material. Every time I eat here I get sick for 3 days. It’s $ 6 for like 4 pieces of really nasty burnt chicken tenders. About $ 5.50 for a burger that sits in this liquid for a few days then heated up. And don’t get me started on the French fries… Sorry Roosevelt but you need to get your shit together.
P. S. The water is good tho.

I love Roosevelt. The first time I went to college it was at a big public state school. I didn’t enjoy being an anonymous face in the crowd, so when I decided to go back to school I wanted a smaller, more intimate experience. Roosevelt delivered. I feel so lucky that I’ve been able to learn from such amazing, talented Professors. Definitely proud to be a Laker. Also, the views from the library in the Auditorium building, and from the upper floors in the Wabash building are absolutely beautiful. The University benefits from its downtown location.

Went my last 2 years at Roosevelt and loved every minute of it. I felt my Professors were excellent and of high quality, and since the classes are no more than 25 at most I actually was able to participate in classroom discussions. Plus, every Professor there will take the time out of class to help you if you need it.
I’ve been away from there for many, many years, but I still cherish my time at Roosevelt as a great learning experience that helped me gain more confidence and succeed in the businessworld. And, by the way, I did. Thanks, Roosevelt!

Every audition in Chicago seems to be held here. Over the years they’ve gotten a bit better too. You used to not be able to get a practice room, but now you can go up and give your id and they’ll give you access to one. Still the rooms themselves are not great unless you’re in the Ganz (i think that is it) hall. If you can, park outside downtown somewhere free or cheap and then take the rail in. There are fortunately several starbucks nearby cause otherwise this would be the worst building in the world.

I love Roosevelt University. (I graduated in 2005, so my review is of the University during that four year period). I attended both because my dad was an alum as well as for the fact that they offered me a full academic scholarship, and I have no regrets. Even if I had actually paid to go there I would have very few complaints.
The course offerings were plentiful in my departments (double major in Psychology and Liberal Studies) and they offered an Honors Program which allowed me to take some very interesting courses as well as experience social and volunteer activities. I had some excellent professors here (particularly in the English and History departments). I attended both the Schaumburg and Chicago campuses, but was mainly based at Schaumburg.
I also worked for the student activities office and was a member of several organizations– student government in particular, so I was able to experience all aspects of student life at RU, even though I was a communter student. I also made many friends here who I keep in contact with to this day. I made the most of my experience by taking full advantage of what the professors had to teach me as well as by getting involved, and from 2002 – 2005, RU was my second home.
My four years at Roosevelt were a wonderful time in my life, one that I will never forget and very often wish I could return to (the real world kinda sucks).

Roosevelt University is a unique institution, with a proud, progressive educational history. It is located within several buildings in Downtown Chicago.
I attended and presented at a conference here in the newly-​built Wabash Building. The facilities were state-​of-​the-​art and well laid out. Also, there are gorgeous views of the city from most levels.
Classrooms, dorms, and the gym are all centralized within the building, which is convenient for students. However, I am a traditionalist and find the lack of an outdoor «campus» quite lacking.

This school could be so much more. The faculty are pretty good and the location is amazing but the administration and staff are some of the worst university professionals I have dealt with. Twice I was offered an incoming freshman scholarship even though I was in my 2^nd and 3^rd semester there. When I reminded them of this they immediately withdrew their offer. How can a school not know about the current standing of its students? After 2 years of having to remind the administration not only that I was a student and what year I was I decided to transfer to which the people in charge could only respond with «oh ok, good luck.» Maybe I am expecting too much. I thought at least they could ask was why I wasn’t staying. A year later I am still receiving emails from the school directed to the student body. I guess they still can’t keep track of their students.

I am a current student here. I transferred many times before I found a school that I could actually see myself graduating from. Here, they don’t try to bs you with so many classes that are irrelevant to your major. They also have tutoring programs and helpful student activities on campus. The only thing I really don’t like here is that they do not offer enough ONLINE CLASSES!

I’m currently attending Roosevelt University as a student in their Masters program. I didn’t necessarily plan on attending grad school after undergrad. but I decided to look around, take a gamble, and pay the application fee. About 1 week later, I got an e-​mail from the admissinos office announcing my admission to the program.
It’s been smooth sailing ever since. With my undergrad university I had to jump through loops to talk to an advisor, double check the program requirements because my advisor was steering me in a direction that would have added on YEARS to my program. I have experienced none of this at Roosevelt. I was promptly sent all of the info– school ID, book info, registration info, etc. They really have a handle on their communication and ability to make smooth transitions for students.
Every time I’ve had a question about anything, (billing, tuition, program information, etc) I’ve always been able to get in touch with someone with answers. To my surprise, the Office of Student Accounts is very good at e-​mail responses and pointing students in the right direction.
Class size– Roosevelt is a small school, and I believe that the grad programs are even smaller. My class sizes are small enough where the professors know everyone’s name within the first few weeks of class.
Professors– all of my teachers have had years and years of industry experience. Each class has shown me examples of real-​world, success stories.
Campus– there are two campuses for Roosevelt, downtown and Schaumburg. Unlike other schools, I don’t see a strong sense of unity or campus life. However, as a busy grad student who also works full time– I wouldn’t have much time for activities anyway. I cannot comment on the undergrad experience though.
I can’t wait to graduate this December, and will recommend anyone to looking into Roosevelt’s programs.

The first thing I have to say is that a lot of the reviewers are giving the school a good score. They are Master’s level graduates who essentially think that its a great school for grad school yet they think its lacking for undergrads.
I’m here to tell you they’re wrong.
I got to Roosevelt in 2006, and I was among the first few classes of students that were really trying to «re-​take and re-​define» what it meant to go to Roosevelt. Ever since the University Center opened, there has been so much more of an undergraduate community in the South Loop. When most of my peers got older (juniors/​seniors) they typically did move north, but that’s honestly a cost-​effective thing to do and they moved so much closer to fun bars/​clubs/​venues. There was no «breakdown» of the community after people moved because we were all pretty tight-​knit from Freshman/​Sophomore year. There is a real sense of community here.
An education in the social sciences at Roosevelt is BAR NONE superior to DePaul and Loyola. I got so frustrated with people thinking I went to a community college when most of my professors were publishing a lot of research and simultaneously commiting themselves to the best teaching practices. Compared to the other school’s professors, I would take my alma mater’s any day of the week– especially when you compare the price points. I always appreciated that when I was here because the professors were so resourceful and really rose to the occasion if you needed something.
Now, of course, there were bad professors. But I work at American University in Washington, DC now (which costs about 50,000 a year) and all of my students complain about all the same things we did. Professors can be exceptional or poor anywhere. I found all of my social sciences to be on average MUCH better than elsewhere in the school.
The last and most important point I want to make– is that you will not find a more consistent and thorough social justice mission than at Roosevelt. A lot of schools label themselves «social justice,» but Roosevelt actually engages (w/​the expection of CCPA) all of its students to define what social justice means to them and to actually practice it.
I’m telling you– if you’re asking yourself if Roosevelt is worth the money for undergrads– it totally is.

Roosevelt is a great place. I’m got a Master’s in Clinical Professional Psychology and even though I’ll be in in debt when I finish, I made a very good decision. The program facilitates students becoming licensed as Professional Counselors.
The psychology professors are competent and they are also nice people. The administration is usually helpful. The psychology professors at Roosevelt care about their students and it shows. Some of my favorites: Dr. Craig, Dr. Ferrell, Dr. Douglas, Dr. Baker, Dr. Campbell and Dr. Beltramo.

I graduated from Roosevelt University a couple of years ago with a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management and Meeting Planning and I couldn’t have been happier with the program and the professors. The entire department was personable, knowledgeable, and had a TON of real world experience which made a huge difference when it was time for me to get a job and start my career.
I highly recommend Roosevelt and this program. I have a job that I love now and I am so happy I went back to school for a different degree.

I’m currently working on my first semester (finishing sophomore year) here after transferring from a community college in Texas. So far, I have been fairly pleased with my experience at the school.
Teachers– All five of my teachers are definitely qualified to do their job and are helpful if you ever need anything. A particular highlight has been one of my psychology professors. She is young and works full time in the field, so we get to discuss her real-​life cases and experience and it makes for an engaging and interactive class. She is always asking us how she can improve, and the time she spends grading the work we turn in is evident. She marks all over our case study analyses– not to grade us down, but to help us learn APA style and improve our writing/​grammar/​spelling skills overall. That is above and beyond! It’s easy to tell how much she cares about her field of study and the value of our individual education.
Administration– I haven’t had too much trouble in this area. The people who work in the offices can be kind of rude and unhelpful, as if it’s such a hassle for them to do their job and help you. but I think probably some of them that I’ve encountered are work study students so they don’t really care much about their job. The library people are really awesome and helpful though. They will help you with anything you need. My one experience calling the technology help desk was abysmal. The guy must have known about technology but he didn’t seem to know anything about the school, so he couldn’t help me at all with logging into myroosevelt.
Campus (Chicago) — So beautiful and unique! The auditorium building is rich with history and it’s really cool we get to be a part of that. There’s a great little café in the lobby too (which until recently I thought only had coffee– turns out they have much more). They’re also working on a cool new 32-​story building set to open in 2012. The school really seems to be expanding and growing right now, with the new building and creation of athletics starting this year. It’s an exciting time for the Chicago campus.
Financial aid– I don’t qualify for any federal aid, but the school granted me an annual $ 7,000 scholarship just for applying, and my sister received a similar number. So when you’re considering the school, shave a few thousand dollars off the initial tuition to get a better idea of your baseline tuition costs.
I’ll update more as I get further into my major program (elementary education), but so far my experience has definitely been a positive one.

I only went here for graduate school, and overall it was a positive experience. Everyone, faculty and students, was so passionate about we were discussing in our courses. The material was challenging, but there was no shortage of people willing to help. I have nothing but great things to say about all of my professors.
I took off a star because I don’t know if I would have wanted to have gone there as a undergrad. The classes are probably fine, but RU doesn’t really have that college campus atmosphere that I experienced in my undergrad.

I got my MBA here — finished the program in May 09. All of my classes were small and most of my professors were excellent teachers. I do feel that the accounting professor I had was not very good at all. Also the finance professor I had really did not explain things very clearly. In both cases I had to take those classes over again to really understand the subject matter.
I also liked that I had the option of taking classes in Schaumburg if necessary (I did end up retaking Finance in Schaumburg). However both campuses need to make traveling to and from them easier for the student body (especially since a lot of the urban population at the downtown campus doesn’t necessarily have cars).
Overall I feel that the educational experience was solid and worth the money spent.

I did my Master’s degree program in Training & Development online with Roosevelt University. The online classes were typically easy to follow and well-​organized, though they often only included text instruction and links to websites for additional reading. I would have preferred more audio and power point lectures.
Most of the professors were fantastic, very helpful and very responsive to inquiries. The «support staff» in terms of administration were generally helpful but I felt as though I usually had to be on top of things and make calls and inquiries to make sure things like financial aid disbursement and graduation applications went smoothly.
I also liked that each course had a review at the end of it where you could rate the professor on things such as knowledge and accessibility, as well as make suggestions for course improvement. Whether or not they actually implement any of those suggestions I don’t know, but it’s still nice to be able to have a voice.
The program had a heavy dose of applied psychology, which I appreciated, and upon completion of this Master’s program I qualified for membership into the American Psychological Association (I have a Bachelor’s degree in psychology as well). Some of the topics I learned in the program like multiple intelligences theory and generational theories were particularly interesting to me.
The instructional design aspect of the program I think however is quickly becoming out of date. Current employment opportunities in instructional design really want you to know how to design web-​based instruction using specific computer programs. This degree program didn’t really use those computer programs that are being used in the «real world.» So if you want to do instructional design, I think you’d be better off selecting a program in educational technology than this Training & Development program.
Unfortunately, outside of Chicago this University is relatively unknown. So people may think it is one of those «online schools» especially if you do your degree program online. However, I think the quality of the education that I received is well above a University of Phoenix, for example, and better than most state schools as well. RU is typically ranked as a low tier 2 or high tier 3 University by US News & World Report, and that ranking seems pretty accurate to me. That puts it mid-​range amongst «ranked» universities. Despite it being relatively unknown, it is a private University in the Midwest, which does give it a bit of cache out West at least.
Roosevelt has a free lifetime alumni membership, which is pretty awesome considering my old undergrad University constantly tries to pressure sales me into becoming a paid alumni member. Roosevelt is also very diverse and has a liberal social consciousness that I appreciated very much.

I feel that I am now entitled to review Roosevelt University since I am only two weeks away from completing my Certificate in Meeting, Convention, and Exhibition Management.
Overall, I have really enjoyed my experience at Roosevelt. There have been some hiccups along the way with billing and other administrative tasks. A few fellow classmates have had the same issues. Apparently, they need to tighten the admin belt a bit.
All of my professors have been truely passionate and enthusiastic about their industry and the subject matter that they teach. It has been infectious. The classes were well worth my time and money. If you are considering attending school for Hospitality, definitely look into Roosevelt.
Roosevelt would not be my first choice for undergrad. It definitely lacks that college campus feel, and most of the students are commuters. It was definitely the perfect setting for Graduate school. Terrific downtown setting and right on the EL.

I transfered to Roosevelt from a much larger university in California. It really upsets me that Roosevelt doesn’t have the greatest reputation amongst other Chicago schools, because I think it deserves higher recognition. Many of the professors at Roosevelt teach at those «prestigious» schools throughout the city, and most are highly educated (one of my professors last semester graduated from Harvard).
Most of the classes are fairly small (15 students on average). There is a more personal feel in class.
I’ve also had good experiences with the staff, primarily the office of student accounts and financial aid. Everyone is very helpful.
Roosevelt is located in such an amazing area too. Right in the center of downtown Chicago, right across from Millennium Park.
…I only wish they hadn’t increased tuition!

I’m enrolled in a graduate program at Roosevelt University and I while i think it’s great for that, I don’t think I would have wanted to attend Undergrad here. It’s missing the feel of a university in a smaller city atmosphere. But of course this is only my opinion and one would need to speak with an actual undergrad but definitely keep that in mind if you’re looking for the traditional campus with a quad, Buildings in close proximity, Greek houses, etc.
That being said I feel like I’m learning a lot and my professors are some of the best in the business. Of course… I’m paying for it. It can be expensive.