Student speaks out after lawsuit filed against Excelsior College Excelsior

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Student speaks out after lawsuit filed against Excelsior College

Student speaks out after lawsuit filed against Excelsior College Excelsior

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Each year a handful of students enroll online at Excelsior College, but with a most recent lawsuit, many students are now looking for answers. 

Meaghan Raynor was enrolled in Excelsior's online nursing program.  Like others, she enrolled to better her career. After investing thousands in a program, she says since it is nearly impossible to pass, she decided to join a class action lawsuit against the school.

"Emails that I have saved over time, everything that they have said to me has been a lie and it just needs to stop,” Raynor said.

Raynor began taking her online nursing classes in 2015. After completing them, she says it took her over a year to get a final exam date. When she finally took it the college didn't pass her, she says it took her over a year to get a final exam date. When she finally took it the college didn't pass her Excelsior

“They had a lot of my money. I have no idea and no status of where I stood in the process after emailing them several times of where my status was. I felt like I deserve to know where my status is since they took the money out of my account immediately."

Apparently, Raynor isn’t the only one with a similar story. According to court documents, more than 10,000 students are enrolled in the nursing program with promise of a timely graduation. But their average pass rate has been below 47 percent for the past five years.  

“Don’t enroll! Go to a traditional college and figure out if you truly want this goal. Do not go here!"

Following the lawsuit, the college issued this statement calling the claims “baseless accusations,” and are defending their nursing program. 

NEWS10 ABC reached out to them again on Wednesday for any additional comments. The college referred us to