Southern Technical College Reviews

"By far the best school I have ever been to. Best decision I have made. The instructors and staff are amazing and always willing to help. Any extra help you need and or tutoring is always available. Would recommend this school to any and everyone. Libarady is always open and available for you to do homework, research papers etc. and of course free of charge."

"First off, they don't have enough instructors for the classes they teach. Two instructors quit, and they never replaced them. For about a month or so, there was only 1 instructor for all the classes. That's one instructor for a class or two in the classrooms, then at least another class in the lab. The courses often repeated themselves. They use different class titles to make it look like they are teaching you something else. The syllabus provided when you sign up is nowhere close to what you're going to learn. They don't even have a good deal of the equipment they are supposed to be teaching you. Plan to spend most of your time either waiting for supplies (they run out on a routine basis...you have to pick material out of the garbage if you want to weld) or waiting for the single band saw, or single track torch. Forget the plasma cutter, you can't use that because they don't want to pay for replacement parts. You will not receive any type of qualifications (like advertised) because they don't even bother to bend test any of your welds. 18 months and I had one bend test. I understand that the student has to put the time in to gain something from a tech school, but the school is so bad you just want to get out of there as soon as possible. Good luck with the online courses that you have to take at the school...that's right, you have to take online classes and you can't do it from your computer at home. Don't do it, trust me."

"In the beginning months I was raving about stc. The last months things started changing. The director at the school made things impossible at the end. Iit s because of her that I would never recommend anyone to attend STC.. As for the instructors, they are the absolutely best there is. They are the best teachers,very supportive and care alot about their students. Today i became a certified RMA and i owe it all to them . Thank you,my favorite 3"

"This school is a complete joke. They are holding my degree hostage because of THEIR screw up regarding my financial aid. They kept changing the amount I owed several times with amounts ranging from $1,800-$3,600. They even threatened to ban me from my graduation ceremony! For TWO years no one says a word about the additional monies I owe until TWO weeks before graduation. Um, ok I would have been paying all along if I had known. They lied to me from day 1 and now I have a worthless degree and cannot test for the RHIT or RHIA credentials unless I start all over at an accredited college. I am now $50k in student loan debt, cannot transfer my credits, don't make enough to even cover my monthly student loan debt and am being harassed by creditors. Most of the things I learned here, I taught myself. Don't waste your time here!!!!"

"My experience at Southern technical College has been horrific so far. Instructors are not given the proper materials to help the students and from my experience whenever the instructors have reached out to the office they are blown off. Every good instructor that I have had so far in my interior design program has left the school since I have started my degree. I have had two instructors so far that have caused problems within the design program and I have reached out to Mr. E for help. He stated that no other students have complained and I explained to him that the students are afraid to complain due to the fact that they are not taken serious so they have given up. Just last week I reached out to Mr. E I'm confidence to explain to him that a new instructor he has hired has crossed the line professionally with his words to his students calling me bulimic and another girl large with that being said I do want to state that he was joking but it was still unprofessional. E's direct response was that he didn't believe he would say that but he would talk to him. I immediately found out that he did talk to this professor and told the professor who said the complaint and the following week the professor announced to the class that it was me who made the complaint. I'm usually not a complainer but the school is extremely expensive and nothing is being done to better these students futures. Southern technical college I urge you to take a trip to your Fort Myers campus and look into all of the complaints and take action to provide your students a better future."

"If you are looking to get into a trade, please DO NOT consider this school. No one knows what they're talking about, different departments tell you different things, they try to make you pay their tuition even if they don't have a class for you that month. They lied about their welding certificate being nationally recognized, and it took call after to call to convince them to actually give the certificate after completing the program. Also lied and said A.A. credits would transfer over, and then jumped through hoops to get them to actually mean that. Classes weren't offered every month and so there would be whole months where there was no instruction, just extending the completion time. Trades and vocational educations are cool, but not from this dump of an institution who take advantage of paying individuals who want to better their lives."

"I'm in the HVAC program and I've gained so much knowledge in this field since I started. Within just a few months I felt confident that I could go out into the field and start working. All the instructors are very knowledgeable especially Mr.E. they're all grate assets to the learning process. The school is also great for anyone in the reserve or the national guard with the GI Bill and will work with you when you have to go away from any kind of training."

"If you are military, a military dependent, or a veteran I implore you not to waste your VA benefits or Tuition Assistance on this for profit diploma mill. Literally nothing they tell you is worth the oxygen consumed to say it or the paper it is written on. I am initiating a one man campaign to disqualify this school from receipt of federal loans of any sort and I hope you don't make the same mistake my family did."

"This school is ridiculous. Before I got in the advisor preached to me how they understand people have a life and family and they work with that in mind. The financial aid girl was really cool and helpful too in the beginning. Now the only time she even looks at me is when they want money and I haven't spoke to the advisor since I started and she said she emailed her students every week checking up on how everything is going. I really feel like they just told me what I wanted to hear so they could get me to take out a loan and give them all this money. The amount of homework assigned by the teachers is out of this world. I don't get how they expect you to do 2 to 3 chapters a week per class plus study for 1 to 3 quizzes per class as well. They overwhelm you with work and on top of it all you basically teach yourself. Yea there are a couple teachers that are really helpful and will help with whatever but besides that you're doing everything yourself. A couple of girls I started with already dropped out because it's too much and it's only the second term. If you miss one day it drops your grade by 10 points and there's no making it up no matter the reason you missed. You literally have to have no job and no responsibility and live at home to keep up and get all the homework done and studied up on for the following week. I barely spend time with my fiance and kid because I'm so tied up with school and I won't even mention how my house looks. Working a part time job I still am behind on my homework because it's literally so much. This is why people hold off on college because it really does take all your time and focus from everything else. I feel like I've been lied to just to get in the program and give them my money. It's b.s. Honestly."

"This school is an awesome school and very helpful. The teachers are amazing and go out of there way to help the students. Dr.Langford is especially great at keeping the students informed and the instructors as well. She is always answering any questions we have and if she cannot answer it she tries her best to find the answer and gets back to us. Dr.Pagan is an excellent instructor who explains everything thoroughly and in great detail and if we do not understand he spends more time on it or he will take time out and spend one on one time with you."

"It was very helpful. In everything. I needed. Im very grateful I choose this school to get me to the next level. If you are looking for a school that will help you succeed Southern Technical College is the way to go. I learned and gained so much from my time being here."

"This school administration and staff is very nice here, everyone has great attitudes. I enjoy my time studying in this college. Students are very kind to one another. I would recommend this school to anyone willing to better there life. I know you would enjoy yourself if you attend school here."

"I want to take the time out to say...that so far this school has met my requirements...when something needs t I be done Dr. L. which is the admin..is a wonderful lady...she helps with any and all problems or issues that I have or others....if you have a problem with other students or instructors she will address them immediately and solve the issue...She is magical definitely......my experience is wonderful so far...I truly love her so please come to STC......Remember you are what YOU put into the program. ....so shout out to DR. L.. ..magical self......"

"Talking about financial information was a JOKE. All I wanted and was a paper statement showing me the outline of the course and how much each class would be. The advisor Didn't know, he just kept showing me the over all price for an associate's degree in medical sonography. I wanted to know how much I would be paying for EACH class. So fast forwarding, I decided to take a loan out through this school and it was the worst idea. 5,000 dollars only got me through 6 months. Let me re-write that, SIX MONTHS. My husband went to community college and,only paid 1200 dollars a semester. PLEASE do not go here, the teachers were great but not great enough to be blowing all of your money! Before I left this school I was disbursed a second loan without my knowledge and actually had to pay back a total of 8,000 in student loans even though I only used 5,000! Reading the other reviews reassures me I am not the only one that was not ripped off. I feel bad for having to write this review, but I want it to be known,what happened."

"This school is a scam. They tell you everything you want to hear just to get your money. I have $26,000 in student loans for a degree that gets me a job making $8-$10 an hour. I make double at my current job and was told that I would be making 40k - 50k a year with their degree. I only received help with writing a resume which I didn't need. I received minimal job offerings that seemed to be found off of other job websites. I then unfortunately chose to go back to this college to get a nursing degree. Other colleges wouldn't accept any credits from this school and it forced me to return so that I wouldn't have to take many classes over again. I also tested out of many classes but was only told later that I would have to pay full price for the classes I tested out of. When I went for my nursing degree, I felt that the school wasn't adequately prepared for anything. None of the online portions of the nursing classes worked and still didn't work when I left the college. The labs that were required for the classes were never prepared. The school was always missing something to perform an experiment. The students would then have to sit the entire class and work on other classes. I left the nursing program because I had no faith in the program and didn't feel like I would be prepared and able to function in a hospital setting. I went to one clinical that was in Naples. I have to work full time in Cape Coral and was having a hard time having to fit in 2 clinical days that were all the way in Naples. The only good thing I can say about the college is the teachers were great. I felt that they did know what they were talking about and learned many things from their real world experiences, not the actual course material. However, I did feel that the nursing students and nursing administrators were unprofessional for the most part and didn't give me a feeling of confidence in the school. I never felt like I was in a professional setting with any of the nursing classes."

"I graduated from Southwest Florida College with a BS degree in Interior Design. I can’t say that I learned a great deal since I was already well self-educated. The majority of instructors are adjuncts who work full time at other jobs. I also took online courses each quarter along with courses on campus. There were exceedingly few instructors who actually tried to teach. Most simply presented material and graded assignments, and many of the courses were far too easy. It was bad enough in the first years, but after the school was bought by Southern Technical College the situation worsened. To test my theory that some of the teachers were not paying attention and simply doling out grades, I deliberately submitted severely flawed assignments in an online course where it appeared the instructor was completely uninvolved. Essays that should have earned me an ‘F’ grade and charges of plagiarism were returned very quickly with an ‘A’. Apparently all I needed to do was turn in pages with writing on them in the proper format. When I tried to contact the instructor about the lack of her participation, she said she was working full time and traveling and could not assist me. I filed several complaints with college administrators and got no response from them either. The few instructors who did teach were great, and I enjoyed the discussions I had with them. There simply weren’t enough of them. I can’t speak about trying to transfer credits since I have not tried, but expect it would get me no-where. I can say that the school promised that it would get CIDA accreditation and that this would be applied to my degree even if the program was accredited after my graduation. Now the school is closing the Interior Design program and will never achieve CIDA accreditation, so my degree just became even more worthless. And, I have over $60,000 in debt to pay off. As other students have indicated, the school does little to match graduates with jobs or even internships. This makes it very difficult to find a decent firm willing to provide the additional experience that is required by Florida law in order to achieve Interior Designer licensure. For those interested in attending this college, I would strongly suggest they steer clear and seek a higher education from a proper school."

"Please do not waste your money!!!! I finished this program early, accrued 25,000 in loans. While the school promised job markets for all of their fields I have had to rely on my own experience to survive. The degrees offered here do little other than help find $8.00 to $10.00 per hour jobs which can be found without the degree. This institution shows up on my federal student loans as "Florida career college". The employees are nice the classes are simple but most of the credits did not transfer to community college so I had to start almost all over to get a real associates degree. After graduating I began contacting the school for job placement help and after several frustrating phone calls all I got was a a reworked resume that they put together using Microsoft word, and being told and I quote "We are not going to roll out the red carpet for you, if you want a job you need to go out and find one". I couldn't believe this is what I paid so much money for, after all the hype about 99% job placement and lifetime job placement assistance. I finally realized I had been scammed!!! Please please please go to one of the many local community colleges in the area I promise it will be worth it in the long run."

"Steer Clear of this terrible school. Every bit on knowledge i have about being a MA is because i read the books. They lied and said my credits would transfer and the wont. I wasted time and money.. They ruined the college experience for me. Way over priced too!!"

"Listen to everything people are saying. Its all true. This school is a complete joke. There is no organization, and no care for the students. The staff changes every semester and no one ever knows what is going on. I wish I had listened to what people told me about this school before I started. Its the worst school I've ever been to."

"This school is a joke... You have the staff team that's dresses like whores. Not all, but some. They dress as if they were going to the club. Most of instructors can't even speak English at all. You have instructors who quit every week. And their replacement are worst. Racist school. Seems as if this school is only concern about the Spanish students. They cater more them . This school loves money .. They could care less about the students."