Walden University

I transferred from Ashford. Ashford University was in trouble at the time. I was at senior level and wanted to keep my education goal alive. Walden accepted majority of my credits. Not even a year of attending Walden, I was hit with a bill. A bill a little less than $2,000. The finance department could not clarify details of how I accumulated such bill when I had not finished beginning classes. I was disabled with poverty level income. They block me from going any further with my degree. The balance... Read More was sent to my credit. My credit was decreased. Not only did I not complete my senior year...I had worked so hard along the way to not walk across stage. This was my experience. Other people have had success with Walden. I chose the wrong online college to finish degree. I paid for that mistake. I was too excited leaving Ashford...I did not do proper research Walden. I'm hoping to start over with another school with my Ashford credits. Walden is holding mine hostage.

Want to hear all about social justice, but not about things you need to know as a counselor? Do you enjoy being taught by people who have never left the university to work in the counseling field, and dress like circus freaks? Do you love paying money for the privilege of pretending you take any of those people seriously? Then Walden is the place for you! Every single article, video, and writing assignment is all about how everybody who isn't white is poor and downtrodden, and the people who are... Read More white aren't worthy of your attention. Don't go here if you can avoid it.

I don't know what happened in the criminal justice program, but all of the instructors I took classes with ten years ago are gone. I had such a good experience with my bachelor's and came back for my doctorate after a long break. I didn't recognize any of the professor's names and the classes were terrible. Luckily I dropped out very early on, but it was a costly mistake. Speaking with students who stuck with the doctoral program, all of the classes are outdated, and their assignments are nothing... Read More like the ones I am taking at my current university. I don't tell anyone here I even attended Walden because faculty and students at real universities make fun of online PhDs and of Walden. There is absolutely no way that I would have been prepared for a dissertation with the faculty they have now and the quality of the courses. The faculty they had a decade ago were much more attentive and challenging. Do NOT waste your money. Anything positive you may have heard about this program no longer exists. I suspect the good faculty refuse to teach in the doctoral program because it is such a joke, or they quit. Either way, I don't blame them.

I will be finishing with my dissertation in the next few weeks and it has been a long process but worth it in the end. Walden represents positive social change which happen to be a great fit for me. I was privileged to have great chair members help me achieve my goals and reach the finish line. My experience has been exceptionally positive and Im am glad I stuck it out. It is a lot of work completing the dissertation process but a level of commitment is essential in completing the program. Consider... Read More it to be extremely independent, meaning , you have to do the work and research, the University is only there to guid you through it all. From my experience, faculty and staff at Walden have been just as good or better than the other Universities that Ive attended for undergrad and Masters. They even accepted some of my Master credits towards my PhD program which definitely saved me time and $$$. If you're determined, Walden is a good choice. At the end of the day it's still a PhD from an accredited University not a degree mill. DEfinely not just handing them out. I have the work to prove it.

The communication was horrendous. It’s staffed with representatives who some are great, and the others have no idea what they are talking about and read off their scripts. I withdrew last winter for personal reasons and was looking to go back. First I was told I did not need a SAP appeal. I was told this by two very competent reps… then it all went down hill. I applied to have it reviewed twice only to have an email sent twice saying I wasn’t a student even when I was registered for classes. When... Read More I called to ask about this I was told by a rep “you’re going to have to appeal it”. Couldn’t answer any questions about warning period, or even acknowledge conversations with other reps. It was just a mess. It’s no wonder this place has a 27 percent graduation rate. I’ll just attend a brick and mortar!

I was a student enrolled in the Public Health PhD program and logged in once when the classroom opened up. Unfortunately, due to a life-threatening medical emergency with my mother I opted to withdraw from school after 2 days in the course. I notified my enrollment counselor immediately and he the withdrawal. I was totally thrown when I received an invoice from Walden University for the full tuition of $2,858!! I was not even in the courses for a full week so I reached out to the enrollment counselor,... Read More with no response. I then reached out to financial aid, who informed me that I was required to pay the full tuition costs. To add further insult to injury, Walden University then sent the debt to a collection agency to force me to pay the tuition. Thanks to Walden University, my credit was impacted. Walden University is a horrible school. I have been impacted in spite of following the rules and directives of the school and ended up having to pay full tuition for courses I didn't even take. I would NOT recommend Walden University to anyone! Steer clear of this school. They are only out to make money!

Walden should not be an accredited nursing university. I have gained little to no knowledge here. They have taught me nothing that I need to know for the clinical experience. The board of nursing needs to look into this school. There is typically one weekly homework assignment that has nothing to do with our future practice. Our midterm and final are not even proctored the majority of the time. There is no challenge at university. Unprepared and unknowledgeable nurse practitioners are known to come... Read More from this school, I just wish I knew this sooner. Some preceptors wouldn’t even take me because I was associated with Walden. I wish I would have went somewhere else. I will be continuing my education for my DNP with another university.