University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC)

Been attending this school for my associates, I'll be done in the summer of 2026, and all my professors have actually been pretty cool EXCEPT for Cherie Ward who taught Oral Communication, basically Public Speaking. Unless you like to kiss ass, do NOT take her class!! (You can see for yourself on ratemyprofessor.com) She is the ONLY one I've had who literally cannot teach, plays favorites, and lies about work you submit, and does not seem to know how to use Blackboard - which is insane btw-maybe because of her age? I'm not sure, but she's a weirdo. If you see Professor Christian Aguiar ( Foundation Writing), Professor Tiffany Banks (Foundation Writing II/English II), or Professor Denize Shy (Social Science/Sociology), Michael Donaldson (for Spanish 101 and 102) they are all EXCELLENT insructors and even were super supportive of Spanish speaking students. I thought that was so awesome of some of the faculty to make space for non Native English speakers. The school is affordable, and flexible for someone working full time during the day, So affordable I get a nice chunk refund because all the money hasn't been eaten up by the tuition. (I am also a DC resident so that helps) Some classes are available online but it does seem majority are in person, but evening classes are easy to find throughout the week and some classes are even on Saturdays which can be helpful. The administration isn't as bad as I thought it would be based on other reviews and I haven't had any issues with financial aid. My advisor, Patricia Garrett is amazing, so supportive and a joy to work with and makes registering for classes so easy and helps you plan based on your interest and degree pursuits. I look forward to seeing her each semester tbh! Go for it if you're still doubting the school, don't listen to the naysayers, I avoided the school until I decided to see for myself and no regrets and I'm almost done with my associates and plan to move onto the main campus for my bachelor's fall of 2026. My experience - minus the one professor Cherie Ward the Weirdo- has been great and I'm glad to have an affordable school that won't leave me in debt and is actually fully accredited, especially as a Future social worker! 😊 I'm looking forward to their MSW being accredited which is in the works now, and hopefully by the time I finish my BSW, they may be offering the MSW for FREE. 🎉😭❤️

Honestly I tried to apply to this college more than once when you call and look on the website it'll say you need a admission few but when I went in the admissions woman told me I didn't need to give her the $35 honestly a waste of time when they need to COMMUNICATE that to you. ALSO she told me to call my counselor her name was SHALA BUTTS. She DOES NOT answer her phone or email just a heads up because I called and emailed her multiple times and it'll always say her mailbox is full or she won't even try to answer her second number she had the nerve to contact me a year later. A WASTE OF TIME

I currently attend at the school and I must say that the staff is very much unprofessional and unorganized. This school definitely don’t care about the education the student receive! A professor had passed and I was never notified and had to miss 3 weeks of class due to my work schedule being made 3 weeks prior. I’m now being penalized for the 3 weeks i missed because the death of a professor which is not fair. I spoke to dean hacker and Hamilton and was told out their own mouth that it was a mistake on their end and nothing could be done. All imma say is go to a real university and don’t waist your money nor time with this school!

I’m rating this as a parent and seeing/ listening in the background. My son has been here for almost 3 yrs and this is my observation. The professors in this school are great makes the subject entertaining even the boring ones, but the advisors here the ones that my son had are the worst and he had two his first one never helped him set up his first yr and when I called to see if he can have a new advisor they said no and he just has to wait even when I complained. His second advisor also never answer emails and we can never sign up for classes bc he never unlocks his account, until last minute and all the classes are full. Oh and doesn’t show up on time for meeting that they themselves set up for the student but when the student is late they turn them away. Advises the student to switch school bc they messed up and made my son take the same class and waste a year. When he asked for help they just sent him off to the career counselor that don’t listen and even after 3 phone meetings talking about the same thing he told her what he wants and he doesn’t have classes registered and she just says well next meeting I have a 2 o’clock.. when you call the school to complain they don’t help they just say well you have to write an email to them and wait. Also the school doesn’t deal with parents they can only talk to ur child even if he’s next to me. And if that’s not true, someone needs to talk to the student center staff.

Don’t go here, poor administrators and no real support for students. They literally went a whole academic semester without a working tutoring link. The education here is a questionable at best.

Do not go here! Poor communication, lack of compassion and organization. Horrible first college experience. Take your money some place that will invest in you! Update: I still feel the same way a year later! If you can DO NOT attend this school, there are better options! It will be much worth it in the end! Spare yourself the negative experience!!!!!!

I went to school here for my AA and it was a breeze. Yes the admissions needs some work (never fixed it) but the education, the teachers and the school itself is fine. It's so affordable and you can always learn something new. I got a paid internship through UDC and even though with it's slight hiccups, this school is still great. I'm at the main campus now working on my Bachelors and I'm 16 classes shy of finishing. Don't pay the haters any mind.

Worst administration I have ever had to deal with. Not only do they never respond to email or phone calls, they can't even keep track of ELECTRONIC applications, that required my daughter to submit 3 times and be forced enrolled late into classes due to their incompetence. But they also can't even have the literacy to read the applications correctly to charge the correct rate to students. They went ahead to charge not only my daughter but several other students out-of-state resident rates when all their applications illustrated DC residents. Like how can you not even read what's on the applications! How many other students were charged nearly 3 times when they should have been charged as a DC residents scares me on the level of corruption and neglect this body demonstrates to it's it's attendees.0 Then to not even have the decency and competence to even respond to emails and calls to try to correct this is just completely absurd, no wonder UDC is a laughing stock of a school to attend they can't even serve as a place to get extra credits for actual schools. How neglectful can you be to students and applicants, like seriously!