Ronald Whitfield is a Finance professor at Northeastern University rated 2.1/5 by 27 students, with 3.5/5 difficulty and 100.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Ronald Whitfield professor reviews and ratings: 2.1/5 from 27 student reviews at Northeastern (100.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Great TeacherFINANCE201 2016-10-17 23:49:48 +0000 UTC
Nice guy, but avoid this class. Too much reading/ case studies. Grading is inconsistent - might get an A on one assignment, and a C on an assignment of same/ better quality -really makes no sense. Feedback does not support grade. Barely teaches - you learn more from other students. No exams, just many presentations and case studies.FINA2720 2015-12-16 01:20:26 +0000 UTC
Prof. does basically nothing in the course. You have to study alone with the text book and the online questions. Seems like an online class. Lectures are unecessary. The level is quite low so you learn only the basics, critical thinking or up to date topics are left out.MECN6203 2014-01-11 05:36:23 +0000 UTC
I hope you like teaching yourself Econ. Prof. contributed nothing but publisher ppt slides and homeworks. He puts no effort into his class. May as well have been an online only course. Curves final grades. All learning comes from reading the text. Though friendly, added no value. Worthless lectures. REGRET REGRET REGRET REGRET.MECN6200 2013-10-28 18:31:29 +0000 UTC
rating is for sustainability. class consists of 6 case studies, and group projects. Class seems easy but he curves final grades to make it harder for students to get anything above a B+.. tends to give out random grades without explaining whyFINA54 2012-12-26 11:07:53 +0000 UTC
Knowledgable, but not a good teacher. The professor usually tried to waste between 30-60 min of class time with random thoughts about nothing. 90% of learning came from simply reading the text. The prof. added no value and was often very unclear about assignments. When somebody asked a question, he rarely was able to provide a clear answer.ECON101 2012-11-13 09:18:36 +0000 UTC
Took him for the required Macroeconomics class for an MBA. The exams were tough and the class was definitely a substantial amount of work. However, he was a very fair grader in the end as long as you put the effort into the class assignments.ECN300 2012-04-21 13:41:59 +0000 UTC
I'm a MBA student and on the first day of class he said something about active learning, BS if you ask me. His texts are canned and ppoints are also canned. Boring, no active learning at all. Totally no in touch with student's interest.ECON6200 2011-10-05 11:50:18 +0000 UTC
I don't usually post anything online, but felt the need to save other students from ever having to take Professor Whitfield's class. Prof. W is very unprofessional. He's the worst teacher I have ever had. Don't expect to learn anything, you will have to teach yourself. He will not answer questions, only refer you to your classmates for help. Awful!FING200 2008-06-21 14:02:06 +0000 UTC
Maybe it's an undergraduate issue, but at the graduate level, he's an amazing professor! Very thorough and helpful. Econ is most certainly not my strong suit, but he's making the class very approachable!MEGG200 2008-03-09 15:03:37 +0000 UTC
I don't understand the other peoples' comments either. He is a very nice guy, a good teacher and assign a fair work load...I'd recommend taking him for EconomicsMECG200 2008-02-13 16:26:17 +0000 UTC
Expect to do everything on your own. When you ask questions he doesn't give clear answers (but he is willing to spend a lot of time trying to explain). The tests tend to have questions that you never learned in class and he refuses to drop them b/c he'll give "half-credit." Just...expect long hours in the library teaching yourself.FIN301 2007-04-05 17:38:46 +0000 UTC
Nice guy but I can read teh book myself and learn as much.MACROECON 2006-05-03 20:35:59 +0000 UTC
What a joke, you will learn nothing from this teacher. If you ask him a question in class he refers you to other students for an answer. Nice guy who probably knows a lot about finance but just cannot teach to save his life. Save yourself from a painful semester and avoid at all costs... even death.FINU201 2006-03-30 14:50:56 +0000 UTC
Not easy. he makes you work on your own to do well. He won't go over things in the book if you ask stupid questions BUT if you study and do the reading he is very helpfulFIN201 2006-01-09 00:52:08 +0000 UTC
Ronald Whitfield has an average rating of 2.1/5 from 27 student reviews. 100.0% of students said they would take them again.
Ronald Whitfield's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.5/5 based on student reviews.
Ronald Whitfield has taught FINA2720 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.