17 Best Mph Programs In Jacksonville, FL (2022 Updated)

This University is not a safe place to send your child if you care about them and their safety. I spent two semesters living on campus, my freshman year and they were the worst months of my life; communal bathrooms are not clean, things are broken often and do not get fixed, and security cameras are few and far between. The campus itself is not in a good neighborhood, which is a common fear of most people. Administration has done nothing to make the campus safer, there are not any cameras in parking lots, the cameras in the municipal parking garage do not work, and people are able to walk on to campus even if they do not attend the school. Young children steal student's bikes in broad daylight and grown adults walk onto the campus as well. The cafeteria food is not good and the staff is 99.9% of the time very rude, and you may get a plate of food thrown at you even if you are polite. I have witnessed people be served raw chicken, romaine lettuce when there was an E. coli outbreak, and also contract E. coli. The Bursar's office constantly removed and added money to my account saying one day I owed X amount of dollars and then one day I owed Y amount of dollars, and whenever I asked why my balance fluctuated during the semester, they had no answer. Financial aid is not easy to deal with especially if your family makes a mid-range income. If you household income is low or very high, do not expect to pay a lot per year. The social environment is like high school: judgmental and everyone stays in their own "clique" The only reason I will give this "university" a 2-star review is because the professor's do care about you and your success. They will work with you, and help you when need be. Every professor I had only wanted their students to succeed, and nothing else (with the exception of a woman who just had graduated from college and did not know the subject which she was teaching).Ashlynne Donovan

This school is one of the best veteran friendly schools in the U.S. currently we are in the top 100, we even have our own USO sponsored lounge called the defenders den where we can be around fellow veterans. The classes here are incredible and the professors genuinely care and thrive off interaction. You will not become another gear in the chain at this university, also the campus even though small is absolutely gorgeous. I’ve been to other schools and I am sincerely proud to finish my degree at an institution that values their Veteran population.Kostantinos Efstathiou

The worst school ever! I did a year at JU and lived on campus! there is nothing to do! You will be bored out of your mind if you are from the north. The staff was unhelpful, and forget about getting any extra financial help. I come from a one parent house hold and my mom lost her job I went into the aid office to see if they can help me with any extra aid and all they could offer was goods from the food pantry. What a jokeAlexandria Wilson

They wasted my time with multiple calls and insurance verification, and weeks of figuring out if any department would want to take me. They made it clear they would only send me to one department and they would not look at all the symptoms together only ones related to a single department. They called this morning to say my insurance will go through but that no department except neurology would want to see me. They sent me to neuro to get scheduled and neurology told me they do not have any available appointments. Not now, not ever. No wait list. Simply never can get me scheduled was the answer. So they woke me up to tell waste my time and tell me they can and then cannot see me ever. They said you need a diagnosis to get in. I said they market themselves as helping identify mystery diagnosis’, and she said “we do help identify mystery illnesses, but we require a confirmed diagnosis to get in.” Huh? That makes zero sense at all. If I could figure out what was happening to my body I wouldn’t need to travel to Florida for help finding answers. Waste of hopes and time. I feel misled by the marketing about the Mayo Clinic being caring and inviting. This was a worse experience than a regular dismissive clinic. Literally, they reject you altogether. Not as altruistic as they appear i guess. And they gave me this news on Halloween. Happy Halloween, nobody cares or will ever help! Getting help is like applying to Ivy League school with everything working against you. Way to cause psychological harm and hopelessness Mayo. Thanks for that.G L

I just returned from 3 days at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. I have never experienced such an efficient, caring, friendly, professional and comprehensive care giving environment. I was blown away. I must have had close to 15 appointments/procedures while I was there and every single one was on time, staffed by the most genuinely friendly and professional staff. Every single staff member listened – and I mean REALLY listened, to my questions and concerns. The mobile portal provide by the Clinic was superb and was “command central” for the 3 days. Results that have historically taken weeks, if not months, to receive from other clinics and doctors were literally available within hours. It was an absolutely amazing experience. I can think of several so-called customer service organizations that need to take a page out of the Mayo Clinic’s book on how to treat people with sincerity, care, compassion and a genuine concern for them as individuals.Simon Crawford-Welch

I find just about everything they do to be excellent. And, they wisely do not try to do everything. The campus is not far from Jacksonville and is a lovely setting as are all of the buildings, pleasant and you don't really mind waiting for an appointment. That may be one of the nicest things actually, that I have almost never had to wait and I've had more than six dozen appointments here! How's that for respecting your time! Of course they are respectful of your time so you have to be respectful of theirs; if you were late by more than 15 minutes, it's not a good thing.Daniele Giovannucci

I am a physical therapist myself specializing in pelvic floor rehabilitation. One of the questions that I always ask my patients is "are you going to physical therapy anywhere else, if so, is it helping, did it help?" Many of my patients have had very positive things to say about Active Health and when I injured myself I wanted to see if they could help me too. It already feels vulnerable to have an injury for a long time, then add the pride of being a medical professional and it can be difficult to ask for help. Taylor and Dr. Brown have made me feel comfortable, always explain why and how different techniques will help me. I have learned skills that have improved my care towards others in my practice. I am still on a healing journey with them but can say that in just a few visits, an injury that I have had for over a year is already improving. They are helping me to prevent the need for spine surgery and helping me to get my life back. I injured my spine hiking a year and a half ago, then was quarantined and sick with COVID in 2020 which left me in bad shape. At first I was stubborn and tried to heal myself. When it became difficult to do most daily activities and pain was waking me up everyday at 3AM, I decided to practice what I preach and find some help. During that time, I spent thousands of dollars consulting surgeons that recommended surgery, pain specialist that tried injections and epidurals. I went to a few other physical therapists that were also terrific, we are lucky in this area to have some great practitioners, but I am leaving a lengthy review here in particular because they use a different methodological approach that works. I appreciate the care towards phases of treatment, active release techniques and attention to function. I'm grateful for the entire team and excited to be able to sit, sleep, swim exercise, work, hike, travel and do all the things that I could do prior to my injury. As a patient I am grateful and as a therapist I would highly recommend them to others. Picture of me getting my life back 🙂Sara Sohn

I have had back, neck, and knee pain for the past 10 years from a car accident. I've been in physical therapy multiple times, I've had knee surgery, I've been to massage therapists, and I've had more scans than I can count. Every doctor I've seen has said the same thing "you just have to learn to live with the pain." After one session at Active Health with Dr. Brown I started feeling better (Dr. Brown is by far the best physical therapist I've ever worked with). The doctors and assistants at Active Health (I've worked with Dr. Brown, Josh, and Taylor) find the root of the pain and work to fix that problem. They were able to figure out what was causing the back, neck, and knee pain (my hip) and work on the actual problem. After a couple of weeks my back and knee felt like new and my neck was well on its way to being back at 100%. Unlike most physical therapists and massage therapists, the doctors at Active Health don't just put a band aid on the problem so you feel better for a few hours or a few days at most; they FIX the problem. On top of their competency, everyone who works at Active Health is nice and accommodating. They are truly a wonderful group of talented people.M. S.

A STEP ABOVE. Me and my family members are very active. With that comes issues from strained back to torn hamstring to ACL challenges. Each and every time we go, Jeff Lipp or Chris Brown have saved the day. Pain drops 50 to 60% after the first visit and 80 % after the second visit. Their hands on Active Release techniques is what separates them from the rest. The exercises they walk you through develop the muscles to speed the healing process and reduce the likelihood of it occurring again. I strongly recommend Active Health to my Family, extended family and friends. My standing offer to them is, "If they do not reduce the pain by 80% and increase the movement significantly after the second visit I will reimburse them their out of pocket expenses". Many have gone and none have asked for me tp pay. That is because they are a CUT ABOVE. I strongly recommend them. Also they are absolutely wonderful people who really care for each person and are perfect gentlemen. Taylor up front is a shining star as well.Bill Schaefer

Big Shout out to Smoothie King. The young man who helped me on Monday was super sweet and a true example of great customer service. I went to Smoothie King with a promotion for a free smoothie and due to my reading error it wasn't the right day for the promotion. However, the young man was super sweet about it and honored the promotion with a big smile….. Thanks again!Krystil Brown

I absolutely love coming here, every visit I am greeted in a friendly manner! I order online so it’s ready by the time I get there. This location is always clean, and tidy. Adrian is very sweet, he always has a positive demeanor, making me feel welcomed every visit! I’ve been to other smoothie kings, but this one is the best! Thanks Adrian for the excellent service!Jamie

Sophie helped me and my date today 🙂 She was wonderfully helpful and pleasant and I was extremely grateful for her. I asked for her name specifically to write this review. A great employee and I will be back strictly because of her!!! Thank you, Sophie! Keep up the good vibes and friendly attitude and good things will continue your way no doubt!Tyler Richards

ALAMO stands for A Little Amount of Melanin Only. If you're a person of color I suggest you go elsewhere. Alamo interrogated me with intimate questions about where I'd be staying during my visit to Jacksonville. They wanted to fact check me. The lady behind the counter said she needed to call Visa to make sure it was appropriately connected to my ID. She was slowing me down from getting to a family funeral. A white female customer before me was not given the third degree like I was. She was in and out smoothly. I took a cab instead to the funeral service because I didn't have the time of day for to be demoralized, fact checked and delayed. I told her to cancel my order of my luxury Lexus SUV. Leave Alamo Jacksonville right where you found them. This is the DEEP SOUTH. Don't you forget it! I got the feeling that they thought they were not going to get their car back. #AlamoSoRacist❤️S M

Car (mid sized SUV) was clean and generally ran well. But “check engine” light came on during our rental. Sometimes things happen. I get it. But I noticed that the coolant level wasn’t just low, the coolant overflow tank was almost dry (like it hasn’t been maintained and properly topped off in a while). So I bought some coolant, filled the tank, and kept an eye on the engine temperature. It seemed to be ok and no coolant was leaking. So I was really annoyed that Alamo’s maintenance missed filling the coolant. When we returned the car, the Alamo agent was very kind and refunded the cost of the coolant. I’m very appreciative of that but still… we rent a car for just a few days of vacation and who wants to waste time dealing with that!Stephen Hung

Not completely satisfied. When we showed up to pick up our vehicle a little early, 545, when our appointment was at 6 we expected to wait. When the manager showed up at 550 she informed us very rudely that we would have to wait until 8. When i ponted out that our reservation was for 6 she gave us all kinds of rude looks. Finally at 610 she let us get our vehicle. Which all we had to do is pick out and go. We did everything online. The vehicle smelled like smoke and wasn't real clean but considering our interaction to that point wasn't favorable, we took it and left. Pretty disappointed. KKeith Daniels

My daughter was hospitalized for MIS-C. Dr. Rammel was incredibly informative and reassuring. We appreciated her kindness and thoroughness in helping our daughter recover. She acted swiftly to get her the right treatment. We are thrilled to have her as her DR. for follow up visits.Megan Pineda

Zero stars. This school doesn’t give everyone a chance. They would rather look at old scores from when a potential future student was in high school (years ago) instead of getting to know why that potential student is starting college late and what their educational goals are. Some people start college late for various reasons but to say no because of how their ACT scores were in high school years ago and they are an adult now? Then reimburse the application fee and transcript fees.Rosalind

The campus is absolutely gorgeous, the students are friendly, and the professors seem excellent. Their tours are more involved, informative, and helpful than any other school I've visited even around the country. They have so much to offer students in terms of education, internships, and just a rich environment in general. It's going to be hard not to quadruple major if/when I attend here. I was very pleased with the experience.Olivia Y.

Walked the Goldenrod trail and the Blueberry trail. Both are very pretty. We were there early in the day during the week and only saw two other people the all time we were there. The trails are well maintained. The loop around the lake allows for a variety of views. The trails have a large number of wooden boardwalks allowing easy transit over the bogs. Very photogenic location in middle of the city.Patrick Baehl de Lescure

Wow, people work their butt off to get in here and it's a complete waste. Staff and advisors are incredibly unprofessional. This is a university they don't care about education they care about how much money they can make off your back. Campus is unsafe and scary environment. Don't even think about parking on campus because you will be towed within a matter of minutes. Don't waste your time, or financial aid money attending this institution because they do not care about your education, only the money they can make off of you.christian michener

We've been on 3 college tours now and this school by far was the best. I took a tour with my daughter a week ago and was very impressed. The 2 tour guides we had were very knowledgeable about everything. The campus gave us that small town feel. It was also clean and very well kept up. Very impressive especially since part of it was built back in the 1920's. We also got the impression that there was a lot of school spirit and pride. Looking forward to seeing my daughter become a Gator.Jamie Shafer

The customer service is awesome! Every time I had a concern or problem about my library card, status, holds, immunization records, etc. they went out of their way to help. The secret is in calling, they either help you right away or transfer you to someone who can. They are never a disappointment. Makes me proud of being in such a professional school and friendly school.Gabriela Villalobos

Got told I needed to pay the day before I had my schedule test done. Due to them having issues with people showing up and not wanting to pay. Don't make the problem they have other people's problem. I don't pay for anything until I'm there to get the service. I have good health insurance and pay my bill. I canceled and will got to another facility.Quentin Bowen

I have had good experiences with UF Shands at 8th Street. The staff and Drs there have been great and I have been to several different Clinical offices there. Easy to get to and plenty of parking spaces.t d

(Translated by Google) Very Good Attention Thank you very much for supporting doctors Thank you (Original) Muy Buena Atención Muchas Gracias Por El Apoyo A Doctores GraciasFreydell Pichardo

I fell off a latter in VA and was medicvac to MCB.. Doctor Devos was the ER Docotor who kept me alive and full recovery. Angles come in many formsstan pen

Dr. Komatz is my daughters primary pediatrician and she is wonderful! Our daughter had a traumatic brain injury at birth, and out of all the doctors we saw, she was the only one who didn't go straight to her records or tests, but rather to our little girl as an individual. She is very knowledgable, provides excellent care, and I truly believe has our daughter's best interests in mind. For anyone in the Northeast Florida area with a medically complex child, Dr. Komatz is the best bet.Dan Bookhout

(Translated by Google) Good area, sculptures, architecture, ample parking. (Original) Хорошая территория, скульптуры, архитектура, большая парковка.Павел Кирилин