Walden University Reviews

I liked the course I took, but the instructor was NO WHERE to be found. I had to remind her to grade work I had submitted. Sorry, not paying for that kind of teaching. I can see why Walden's retention rate is low.

Perhaps there are some good programs so I'm solely speaking on the one in which I'm attending - Master's of Science in Information Systems. Straight to the point... The program sucks. I'm currently attending Walden and I'm enrolled in my first 2 classes. One of the classes is a preparation class, but the other is a fundamental course... Fundamentals of Computer Science. Well if u think u are going to be taught any fundamentals, you have another thing coming. There will be no lectures or notes. You will be given a book but the assignments that are given are not in it. You will be forced to google questions that are made up and doesn't make any freaking sense and can't be found on the net anywhere, causing you to make up stuff also. The last assignment I had, I searched the Internet high and low trying to find out what could the instructor be talking about. Well I did come across the question... But it was posted by a student who had previously attended Walden and felt the same way as I... that the question was stupid and made up by people who had no IT experience.

I found this guy's email and contacted him and he told me how he brought up the issue with the instructor and how they eventually told him to drop the course. Well I'm not going to drag this post on out.... You can do what you choose, but he mentioned that when he dropped out of Walden, he attended Western Governors University and that it was a much better school and it is far less expensive. So that's where I'll be enrolling after this term. Note: This message was typed on an IPad so there maybe errors... But I can definitely write and I'm not complaining because work was too hard or anything of the sort

I must have been out of my mind to actually think I would learn anything from Walden University. It proved to be a big joke. The doctoral Public Health program was actually designed for freshmen college students or high school seniors and I am not exaggerating. The assignments were so elementary they were insulting to a public health professional. I could not believe the lack of rigor, and I expressed this concern to the dean and board members, who said they would investigate my concern, RIGHT.

Anyway, the socalled expert professors, who for the most part have doctoral degrees and many hail from reputable universities,were marginalized to a few casual comments on the discussion board and grading papers. The discussion questions were not designed by the professors and that was obvious and none of them had any real input. Nor did they design the assignments, so much for assembly line education.

I lasted about 3 quarters and simply could not tolerate it anymore. They actually expected me to learn from my classmates, none of whom were public health professionals and furthermore, I didn't pay college tuition to learn from my classmates rather the professors.

I would strongly strongly advice anyone who wants more than a piece of paper to go to a reputable university within your community. However, if it's all about the paper then be prepared to learn nothing and pay a lot.

Don't WASTE your $$$$$$$$$$$$$ EdD Program Walden Ed D program DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!! I have been w/Walden in Ed.D program since 2006. I have been attempting to get the URR to approve my dissertation, which my chair and co chair OK'd. No Luck! It seems the URR has no clue about my topic and the achievement gap for Latino students. There has been NO MOVEMENT since the first week of October, when my chair submitted the dissertation.

Any one else have these issues. I will NEVER RECOMMED WALDEN TO ANYONE. I could have gone to Seton Hall, joined the fast track cohort and been done in 2 years for LESS $$ and not have to defend my doing an Ed.D online. What a mistake! I will never recommend Walden; in fact I will dissuade anyone from taking courses at Walden!

I think Walden is great for educational "late bloomers" with extensive professional experience who want to shake that "no college degree" monkey off their back. Yes, it takes an investment of your time and money; but well worth it. I find that for the most part, the reality in today's job market is this:

a) Even if you have extensive experience, you need the degree to get your foot in the door

b) Even if you have a degree, you need extensive job experience to get your foot in the door

When I was in my late teens and 20's, my focus was not on school. However, I wasn’t a total slacker. I was very blessed to be bilingual and I used that unique skill to obtain work and gain business experience. I was able to coast on that for a decade, and then realized that not having a degree kept me from some many other opportunities.

So at 34, I went back. I didn't have to quit my full-time job, although I did give up most of my social life for a couple years, but those years just flew by as I was busy anyway. I just focused on my work, studies, and in my free time I spend most of it on my hobbies.

Now, I not only have my full-time job, but also started my own side-business. Social life is going well. The degree adds some credibility to my work experience and language skills. I plan to make my side-business a full-time venture.