text: is the university of phoenix a crap school? i want to get a bachelor's degree from the university of phoenix but have heard i'd be wasting my time and money. anyone ever had any bad experiences with them? unfortunately university of phoenix gets a bad rap. the truth is the school is regionally accredited and has the same accredidation as arizona state university, university of arizona and northern arizona university (along with yale, harvard and all your other well knowns). the school is private, tax payers are not funding part of the tuition therefore it can be more costly to attend. online education is becoming so wide spread, that "brick and mortar" universities (arizona state for example) are scrambling to give people the online education that they are desperately seeking. i have personal experience with uop and really, if you cannot attend school at a ground campus it is a fabulous solution. the only bad experiences i've heard of is people thinking they are ready to get thier degree and they aren't, and now have student loans to pay off. education is a huge investment, and worth every penny. in a year i should be done with my masters of business at university of phoenix, i recieved my bachelors at asu, and because of the convenience of online, i prefer uop. if you aren't ready or willing to do what it takes to get your degree, you are wasting your time and money no matter where you go.