by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Walden University was awarded 573 badges in the 2023 rankings.
Walden University landed the #247 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Walden University held the #579 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Walden University also holds the #8 spot on the Best Colleges in Minnesota ranking.
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If you are worried about getting into Walden University, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
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At Walden University, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Walden University is 8%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 33% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Walden University. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Walden University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,662 undergraduates at Walden University with 1,301 being full-time and 6,361 being part-time.
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Contact details for Walden University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN 55401 |
| Phone: | 866-492-5336 |
| Website: | www.waldenu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/Waldenu |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/waldenu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 900 | $76,141 |
| Business Administration & Management | 185 | $47,287 |
| General Psychology | 152 | $34,217 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 117 | NA |
| Human Services | 76 | $36,465 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 67 | $52,093 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 42 | $46,339 |
| Social Work | 40 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 37 | $47,503 |
| Public Health | 33 | $47,197 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2019-2020, 49,695 students took at least one online class at Walden University. This is an increase from the 48,420 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 49,695 | 49,695 |
| 2018-2019 | 48,420 | 48,420 |
| 2017-2018 | 50,360 | 50,360 |
| 2016-2017 | 49,680 | 49,680 |
| 2015-2016 | 52,565 | 52,565 |
Learn more about online learning at Walden University.
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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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