Alma Villa has worked as an insurance consultant for more than a decade but never thought of pursuing an advanced business degree. She thought an MBA was a big, scary thing that was only suitable for "corner office executives". When she finally mustered the courage to enroll in University of Phoenix's MBA degree program, she wondered why she had waited so long.
Far from scary, her classroom journey opened her eyes to a variety of new skills and allowed her to learn from instructors who are business professionals themselves who shared what worked (and what didn't work) for them in their own careers. She adds that the coursework was challenging but easy to follow, far from the scary experience she had always imagined. and his treatments left him hospitalized with lots of machines attached. It was a scary time for a young girl, but the nurses took the time to explain what was happening and talk to her at her level. They did a lot to help her to not be so afraid. Muir wanted to be able to do that for other families when she grew up.
She chose nursing as a career at a young age after nurses helped her deal with her fear when her father was going through cancer treatment. Seeing her father in a hospital bed surrounded by equipment was a scary thing, but the nurses took the time to explain it to her and knelt down to her level to make her feel included and less fearful. Today, Muir is a nursing supervisor in the hematology and oncology department at a major U.S. hospital.
Villa chose to take her classes in a traditional classroom setting. With 5 kids, she says her household is just too hectic to make taking online classes a good option. However, she continued to work full time, and she appreciated University of Phoenix's flexible class schedules that include weekend and evening choices.
Villa’s biggest regret about getting her MBA is that she didn't do it sooner. She says "she'd do it again in a heartbeat. There's nothing like walking across the stage and getting your degree.”
University of Phoenix offers a variety of business undergraduate and graduate degrees. These include Bachelor of Science degrees in business, management, accounting and communication as well as Master of Business Administration and Master of Management degrees. Details and a complete catalog are available at phoenix.edu.
More than one million students have earned degrees from University of Phoenix since the school was founded in 1976. University of Phoenix is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (http://hlcommission.org).
The university accepts students who have earned a high school diploma, GED or equivalent.
University of Phoenix offers a variety of undergraduate degrees in criminal justice including an Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice, a Bachelor of Science in Security Management and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration. University of Phoenix has 22 campuses across the country for in-person learning and is available online to students worldwide.