by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Walden University came in at #150 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 15% ranking. Walden University received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
In addition, Walden University took the #3 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Walden University took the #119 spot on the list.
Walden University also ranked #4 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Minnesota.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 81.3% of the total graduate students at Walden University are women and 18.7% are men.
About 52.1% of the graduate students who attend Walden University are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Walden University is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 1.8% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,651 | $9,651 |
| Fees | $441 | $441 |
Master's degree recipients from Walden University earn an average salary of $51,351 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 12% lower than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Walden University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $81,498. That's about 8% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Walden University.
Contact details for Walden University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1210, Minneapolis, MN 55401 |
| Phone: | 866-492-5336 |
| Website: | www.waldenu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/Waldenu |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/waldenu |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100.0% of the graduate students at Walden University took all of their courses online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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