Walden University, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2020, provides a diverse community of working professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners so that they can effect positive social change. Students from across the U.S. and 120 countries are pursuing a certificate, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree online at Walden.
Walden is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality.
Other recognitions of academic excellence:
Walden University is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
Additionally, Walden’s support services for students and faculty have been recognized by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and have received OLC Effective Practice Awards every year from 2016 to 2019.
Walden University is a Certified B Corporation®, which signifies that a company has met standards of social and environmental impact, accountability, and transparency assessed against the proprietary criteria established by B Lab®, an independent nonprofit organization.2
According to the 2016 Walden University Study: Career and Well-Being Outcomes, conducted by Gallup, Walden University master’s and doctoral graduates are thriving and advancing in their careers.
Gallup conducted web surveys of Walden master’s and doctoral degree holders and a nationally representative sample of graduate degree holders, including an online comparison group.
This study finds Walden alumni reflect a more diverse population than the other graduate degree holders surveyed, and the results demonstrate that Walden’s graduates fare well not only when compared with other online graduates but also with graduate programs nationally.
Most notably, among graduates who have been promoted, achieved a salary raise or changed careers since obtaining their graduate degrees, Walden graduates are more likely to cite their degree as being important to getting promoted (81% vs. 76% online comparison group or 70% nationally), achieving a salary raise (74% vs. 71% and 69% respectively), and successfully changing careers (82% vs. 76% for each of the two groups).6
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