Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley is a fantastic university. Gorgeous campus but a smaller more intimate feel than a big ten campus. Staff truly cares about kids. Class sizes are smaller allowing students more interaction with their professors. Clean, modern, beautiful facilities. They are pouring money into upgrades on the main campus as well as the downtown Grand Rapids health sciences campus. This university is a rising star for sure. Check it out!
9 years ago (24-08-2017)

2 stars. Why? Let me give you a few reasons: 1. I feel like the curriculum, at least for me being an illustration major, was actually pretty good. Granted, I feel like I was bogged down with a lot of unnecessary courses (welcome to Liberal Arts college) but I think that what I DID get out of it was pretty good. 2. FEES. Students are paying tuition for what, exactly? They charge for PAPER now. Parking has always been an issue and it's $400+ for a parking permit. The only thing that's "free" is bus fare, and you can see why when you realize the low quality (super early stopping times, inconvenient weekend routes, etc). Overall, you kind of pay all this money and end up wondering what you're actually paying it for. I guess all in all, I wouldn't recommend liberal arts college for people who know what they want to do.
9 years ago (28-09-2017)

I really like what they've done with the place. There's so much to do and learn here. The admissions and financial aid departments are top notch. There's some really great professors here (and some professors I'm shock are still on the GVSU payroll). My only issue would be the lack of diversity.
9 years ago (21-07-2017)

Visited the GV campus for a tour. Comparing to some of the other schools, we found Grand Valley to be more updated, clean and organized. We will continue to investigate the school more.
9 years ago (05-08-2017)

Great place. This is what a free parking spot looks like.
9 years ago (20-09-2017)