Reviews of Walden University

There are currently 8 reviews of Walden University

• Mediocre S.
  Student
  October 26th, 2009

  I am close to completing my MBA at Walden University. I feel a great deal of the professors are experienced and well educated. However, it is frustrating to work with low academic achieving classmates who write on an eighth grade level. It also seems that many students receive A's even when their work is not of high academic quality. I would not recommend Walden University to professionals who want to achieve a higher level of learning. Walden is good for those who have average academic writing ability and seek to buy an MBA through mediocre work.

• Anon A.
  Student
  October 20th, 2009

  B.S. Bus.Admin.

  If you're an employed professional who never received a college degree, yet have no time for brick and mortar, I would definitely recommend it; but I would recommend saving money by getting your AA at the local CC first. Most CC's offer online Gen ED+AA work now. Like any brick and mortar, you have to take the good with the bad. Also you cannot expect anyone to help you. The administration is not as bad as what is reviewedonline, but you do have to be proactive. I don't see how that is any different from a brick and mortar.

  The good: Written material uses latest theories and same textbook companies as most brick&mortar 4yr BusAd degrees so if you read you will learn (my niece is currently going to a UC for Bus Admin and they use many of the same textbooks - Prentice Hall, McGrawHill). Most of the teachers go out of their way to help. Lenient on transfer credits from CC. Accredited by USDE 4yr degree. Much of the course is writing oriented so as to avoid discredit for being online. Most of the students are mature and working professionals and you can tell from their writing/discussions.

  The bad apples: Since they are for-profit, they let anyone and everyone in. This includes people who had no business even graduating high school. Group projects are a joke and waste of time because of such people. You will hear the weakest 3rd grade elementary excuses. Another negative is that it is expensive (but you should be able to do 3.25 yrs of your work at CC before even going to Walden, check transferable courses).

  For me, it was a pretty decent learning experience. I think that there is still a bad image with online degrees and understandably so. But over time, the quality of graduates will improve; and more such graduates will be in the work force. I was actually surprised to see higher % of mature and obviously skilled people in the courses than "ITT tech-like" people. Also more brick&mortar schools are now having no choice but to offer some online courses to cut costs, so online courses will become more legitimized.

• Temo F.
  Student
  October 19th, 2009

  I have a double undergraduate degree from a different University. I am just about to finish my master degree in Walden University. In Walden, I have had really good instructors and one or two laid back instructors as well. In the 9 courses that I have taken so far in Walden, I got an "A" in each of them. But these "A"s were not free. I read two or three chapters of my textbooks and several study articles per course in almost each week. I have written all my discussions, responses, and applications, that consist of 5-7 pages combine each week, my final projects ranged from 14-20 pages . I have never been late in my assignments because self-discipline is what you need in online programs. I have got really good feedback from most of my instructors, and when I haven't, I have asked for feedback because feedback is what keeps me going. Is Walden a perfect academic institution? No, it is not. It can improve in some areas, but my honest assessment of Walden is that it makes you work hard and show that you know what you write.

• Ric M.
  Student
  September 23rd, 2009

  Walden's Human Service/KAM program lacks consistency and professors who can support students through their studies. I found their example of how to assess and compose data, demonstrated during one of the residencies, shockingly amateurish and in no way related to any scientific method I know of. My faculty mentor would not return my emails in a timely manner, and I was never able to contact an academic advisor that could give my advice about the program I was attending, and the one assigned to me NEVER returned phone calls or emails. While this is a legit school, it has the highest tuition rates that I found for the Doctoral degree I sought, and poorly organized and supported services. I've already found a much better program at Arizona State, with a better rep and half the price of Walden. Walden has been a huge waste of time and money, I am no malcontent, but someone with a Master's and many years of experience in research at a major state university. Sure there is rigor at Walden, but from my viewpoint, it is meaningless rigor and not based in true science or academia.

• Dr. Will M.
  Student
  August 16th, 2009

  The negative reviews of Walden are overwhelmingly written y those who cannot cut it in a rigorous graduate program. I have three Masters degrees from other Universities (University of Massachusetts, Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in NYC) as well as a doctorate from UMass. To suggest that Walden is not up to the standards of others is simply the rubbish of malcontents. It is every it as rigorous as the other graduate programs I have completed. I understand that there is suspicion about "online learning" but this place is the real deal.

• Joe H.
  Student
  August 7th, 2009

  I am in now in my dissertation phase of Walden's doctoral program in Engineering Management. It has been two and a half years of fairly intense KAM-based work that has yielded one published paper, one paper pending publication, a poster session, and significant research. It is work. The doctoral graduation rate is rumored to be only 3% of those who begin the program so beware. This is not diploma mill.

• Matt B.
  Alumni
  April 13th, 2009

  Walden University has an excellent school of education. After attending the education programs of 3 other schools, I was impressed that Walden's program actually involved rigor. The professors have high expectations, which leads the students to perform as levels higher than normal. I appreciated that Walden took care of sending me my books, article packets and dvds. Reading a physical textbook is much easier than reading the books in an electronic PDF.

• Louis V.
  Alumni
  November 20th, 2008

  Walden is a great school for ambitious students with the self-discipline needed for an online institution. The approach the school takes to learning is thoroughly modern, and the challenging classes mean an education you can be proud of.

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Balance your personal and professional commitments while earning a respected Ph.D., master’s degree, or bachelor’s degree online at Walden University. Programs offered in management, education, psychology and health and human services.

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