Course Quality

At StraighterLine, we are committed to complete transparency about our courses. On this page you will find the same data that we collect as part of our quality control efforts. Feel free to provide comments or make suggestions about other data that we could provide to help you make course enrollment decisions.

According to our students our courses are rated 4.12 on a 5 point scale (5 being the highest from nearly 928 ratings since 01/01/2011).  

Links to our 4 most recent "breakdowns" or reports about our QA and evaluations, etc.

Student Data/Eval Breakdown


  • April 2012 [PDF]
  • March 2012 [PDF]
  • February 2012 [PDF]
  • January 2012 [PDF]

Course ratings (Feb/March/April 2012)

Real Student, Real Comments

"Straighter Line was a very good choice because it was easy to understand and navigate through the course, very educational and I would highly recommend this course to anyone, good job Straighter Line."

"I liked the fact that the course was easy to understand and everything that you needed to understand was available to you."

"English is a very hard subject for me but I realized with Straighterline, I learned more about writing taking this course than I ever did in high shcool. I really enjoyed having my essays revised for me with an explanation rather in high school, I would simply receive a letter grade. I have never enjoyed writing until this course, and I deffinatly never use to enjoy a research paper. Being able to write my research paper on a subject I wanted to learn more about was the best part of this class."

"I thought the course content was explained very well. The information in each of the chapters was very easy to understand. Each of the assignments were helpful, and taught me something new about the subject in which I was learning. I learned a lot in this course, and will use this knowledge I learned in my future classes, as well as my future career."

"I love the self paced nature of the course. I needed to get the class completed in 2 weeks to meet a graduation requirement and I was able to with straighterline."

"I thought the syllabus was very hard to understand. It wasn't clear on what was expected and took a while to figure out what was needed from me. It was difficult to get in touch with a Straighterline adviser. I found the easiest way to get in touch with a counselor was to "chat" online."

"Everything-it was great!"

"I appreciated that a narrator was part of the lesson, bringing it more to life. I also really appreciated how the lessons were colorful and interesting. Finally, having the support of a live person critiquing my work. That was the best part."

"I would have preferred to have everything accessible within one login instead of having the class and the account separated."

"Straighterline helped me realize and appreciate the beauty of science""I need to finish as soon as possible, so this was the best plan for working through a lot of courses quickly."

"Easily affordable and takes less money out of our income in the long term."

"I only needed one course to transfer to Western Governors University."

"Need a math credit for a Master's program."

"I am a single mother of 2, elementary and middle school, and am attending online college myself. I am home during the day and up after they are in bed so I have the time to put into the al a carte payment plan. I love that I can work at my own pace and on my own time schedule. I had 57 credits transfer to TESC and need to get another 63 by end of July to graduate with my BSBA in Management. My daughter is 'only' 12, but we are talking about her taking SL courses over the summers during highschool."

"Yes, due to the fact that money is tight within the household; it will be easier to pay monthly apposed to paying at one time and not having enough money to be able to take of my children."

"Both my course advisor and tech support were very helpful. I'd like to give a special shout out to Jessica Moats, who was very understanding when I had problems, always helped me sort them out promptly, and I have already recommended the course to folks at work."

"Well there is some problems I had from with some exams but I emailed the support people and they helped me right away."