UVSC: any comments?

[s0ldier93]

I started (and finished) at an ERAU extended campus. Halfway through my Professional Aeronautics degree I learned about the "non realted field" rule. I added aviation safety and business management as minors. We'll see how well I fair.

 

[shooter13]

HE already has a BS

If you already will have your BS, then I think you are in my shoes. You want a place you can take classes that are fairly easy and will allow you to pull GI Bill money each month. You want to use some of that money to pay for some of your ratings right? That is my plan. None of my local schools are part 141 so I can't use VA to pay for it. I can however take courses through UVSC. Pay tuition of ~$10,000 over a year and a half while getting ~$20,000 back from VA.

It seems like a good plan to me. The school is completely accredited by any real accrediting group. The 6 regional accrediting boards are the only ones in the country that count for anything. Some Council on Aviation Accrediting is the one that seems phony. You aren't getting a fake degree. It seems to me, I will have a useless one when I finish but I already have a degree I can use in things unrelated to aviation.

 

[utahpilot]

I instructed at UVSC for 2.5 years.

It is accredited, I have no idea why anyone claims otherwise.

If you want to get your ratings, instruct, and move on I would, however, direct you elsewhere.

The way things work for CFIs there is always in a state of flux, and doesn't seem to ever improve. Bottom line is that there are too many CFIs for the number of students. Yes, people move on to the airlines (I did), but I think you could do things quicker elsewhere.

If time is not an issue, then my points are not important. I was always upset by how little I was able to fly, even as a 'senior' CFI with all the ratings, Gold Seal, etc. I have friends who got to regional mins much quicker elsewhere.

As for the classes, I didn't attend UVSC. I did have students comment to me, however, that they were unimpressed with the online classes and didn't feel like they learned much. As their instructor, I could see that as well.

good luck

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