Duquesne University

I am very disappointed in the education I received at this school. I attended the school of nursing. When considering to attend this school I saw that they have a good reputation within the city of Pittsburgh. However, once I graduated I noticed that Duquense is ONLY good at protecting their reputation. The school of nursing is beyond unorganized. They rather test versus teach. The instructors do not lecture, they read from powerpoints made by the book publishers — countless hours were wasted. The instructors cannot answer in depth questions on the content… Instead of answering relevant questions about the content they’re teaching, they attack you for asking a question, then they belittle and embarrass you. They are not very forth coming with the students. The school of nursing WILL NOT ALLOW ANY STUDENT TO GRADUATE THEIR PROGRAM UNLESS THEY CAN GET A 925 ON THE EXIT HESI!!! They have 30% of their graduating class who do not received their degrees. THESE STUDENTS ARE EXCLUDED FROM NCLEX PASS RATE STATISTICS and it makes Duquense appear as if they are teaching excellent professionals… I can’t stress more how THIS IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH. Students do not pass the EXIT HESI because 70% of the content on the HESI was not taught during the program. More than 80% of my class failed the exam on the first try. Duquense has done a very good job at hiding this from the public. The exams given throughout the program have grammatical errors and words spelled incorrectly and they expect you to disregard the errors and select the correct answers anyway. The instructors claim they don’t know what’s on their own tests, so they can do only but so much to prepare you. They have technology that they want the students to use and the instructors have no clue as to how to operate the software being used. They spend a lot of the time blaming 3^rd party companies and distancing themselves from being held accountable for failing to provide a comprehensive education. We lost a tremendous amount of class time cause of technical issues. Through all the disorganization and the incompetent teaching, the instructors expect you to trust they are teaching you the correct information and for you to do well regardless of all the mishaps. Our critical care instructor told us just before midterms that she is taking heavy narcotics and it’s possible she may give inaccurate information… REALLY??? Aside from the inability for them to overcome their own learning objectives, the clinical experience was awful. Students are sitting and standing around with nothing to do. The hospitals let us know in their own way that they do not want us there. The staff refused to work with us 50% of the time. This prevented us from receiving the hands on experience needed in the nursing profession. This is very hazardous to patient safety. No one will be held accountable until something tragic happens — it’s really sad. Duquense is placing nurses in the workforce who have no clue of how to care for patients properly. The best thing the school of nursing is doing is protecting their reputation by placing students in the workforce that can pass a EXIT HESI and boost their pass rate numbers.

I’m graduating Duquesne university soon however it’s very easy to get there I’ve met a lot of friendly people there especially in job sites so very helpful and understanding

I went here for a seminar a couple of weeks ago. The campus is small, intimate, and actually has a lot of character. I didn’t enjoy the science building or facilities much– they seemed to be really outdated. And I hated walking up that damn hill to get to campus!

I graduated in 1964, but return regularly to campus to see the tremendous progress made over the years, The original campus, hand built by priests in the 1870’s, has been a work-​in-​progress – and that is a GOOD thing. I know many people working on Campus. And they are great and smart. The many new buildings are architectural beauties. But the best and most wonderful thing about Duquesne is «the people», both students and staff. Catholic Duquesne gave Jewish me a GREAT education and wonderful memories. I am in contact with my fraternity brothers on a regular basis and we all have nothing but wonderful memories of our time on campus. And we do our part to make Duquesne even better.

I’d qualify Duquesne as a school with a lot of solid potential that hasn’t yet become what it could be. The university has obvious financial difficulties despite what undergraduates assure me is relatively high tuition. It seems like the strongest programs here are pharmacy/​nursing, business, healthcare ethics, and psychology.

This school is a terrible deal for what you pay. I got my math degree here, and I feel my educations was average at best, so why did I pay twice as much? They don’t have rigorous science programs here, and even their beloved pharmacy school seems to be self-​serving to artificially inflate graduation rates.
The money does not go to the professors — many of them are part-​time adjuncts who do not earn much, so despite small classrooms, they are burnt out and don’t have time to devote to their lesson plans. I do not support this unethical business practice.
The campus itself is garbage, there were cockroaches all through the dorms and food quarters when I was there 2006 – 2010, the dorms are old and falling apart, there is no campus life to speak of.
In general there is just really no reason to come here and pay twice as much money for this garbage school. I left this school 60k in debt and could have gotten the same or better education elsewhere — I DO NOT recommend this school.

I spent five years at Duquesne, and if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing!
I moved out to Pittsburgh for college all the way from California – state, not California, PA. Duquesne was such a welcoming campus, and all of the teachers and staff are very caring. There are so many great resources, both on campus and off campus within a short distance. Duquesne’s campus is like a world all it’s own, being nestled on the Bluff right in downtown.
I graduated two years ago, and I’m still thankful for the education I received. I moved back to California, and I have to admit that I miss Pittsburgh and Duquesne a lot!
(as an aside, my brother also went to a Catholic university in Chicago that cost almost $ 10k MORE each year, and the resources at his school weren’t nearly as nice as at Duq.)
Edit 12÷24÷14: P. S. Someone else (who studied math) mentions in a 1-​star review that Duquesne doesn’t have any rigorous science programs – that couldn’t be FURTHER from the truth. I graduated with a science degree and believe it was a FANTASTIC program and that every other science student I came across in other programs thought the same thing. With my education I believe I could get a job at any lab in the country.

I really enjoy the school and the education i’ve received so far. and now that i’m graduating i think that i’m happy i got a pretty decent education.
of course the school has some programs that are better than others, but of all the schools i’ve met people in, most students at duquesne are always studying or worrying about school work, which is actually a good sign. other schools, students are more worried about parties then their exams. the school is working on upgrading and adding more features that are needed all around, kids still have good times too at school concert/​events, wireless is okay, library is okay, computer labs are everywhere, free school printing, sports are decent, greek life of some sort, dining is okay, jamba juice, two starbucks, barnes and noble, apartments and dorms…
overall good school to get your education at. o yea. the rings are top 10 most recognized rings in the world… (which reminds me i should get one)