Walden University Reviews

I have been attending Walden since January of this year and have had zero issues with communication, including my professors or the staff that work at the school. In fact, the academic advisor I worked with, worked diligently on ensuring my courses from my undergraduate were approved so that I did not have to repeat them.

Overall, I had a great experience. It compares to other traditional universities that I have attended. At Walden University, you have to be self-motivated and have drive. Nothing is handed to you. My professors were well educated and helpful.

I loved Walden University and working with the SME. I was in the Tempo program, and there were two or more writing assignments for each course, which fit me to a tee. I loved conversing with the staff and working towards my goals. I had no issues with any staff or the process whatsoever. I transferred from another online school.

Earning a master’s degree from Walden University was convenient and worthwhile for my career and benefited my students. At the time, it was considered a distance learning program. The faculty members were always available and held us to high standards. I was in a cohort with four others so we were able to share our thoughts and strengthen our understanding in each course. It was a great experience.

I tried reaching out of deep concern and frustration and tried many times to get help understanding my financial aid situation, but I keep getting transferred and end up with no real answers. I feel lost in the process and completely unsupported. I recently received a call—on my birthday—saying I owe $7,000. I stopped working to focus on my education, believing I was doing the right thing, and now I feel blindsided. My bad, I wish I would have read the reviews before making the decision to enroll at Walden for online education. These questions remain, "How did this happen, and why was there no warning before it became this serious, and What did I do Wrong?”

I applied for the msw program and the admission process was the most frustrating process I have ever dealt with. 1) I was assigned to a advisory who did not provided much guidance or assistance. 2. The staff from different departments and including the financial aid dept are unskilled and incompetent and have hardly knowledge of the dept. Each time I would call to ask questions, I ended up getting different answers. 3) My official transcripts were send out 4 times! And Walden claimed it was never received and was unable to obtain student loans due to this. I was told to pay out. 4. I had join the support group on facebook to read others experiences with courses and school work and the half of the students often complained about unfair grading, lack of teachers feedbacks, and a lot more. The university faculty does not care for students and it's just about money. It's a joke.

Unlike any University that I have ever attended, professors at this school feel inclined to accuse their students of using AI on discussion posts. I've had a professor report me to the office of student integrity because she felt I generated my responses from AI. Even after explaining my process and situation, the committee still sided with the professor, resulting in me receiving a zero for something that I actually took time out of my schedule to complete. They then had the audacity to prompt me to write a one paged letter explaining what I have "learned" from the situation. Frankly, I've learned that this is not the school for me.

The only reason why I'm giving this school two stars is because they're good about accepting transfer credits, which actually was a small hassle because my enrollment counselor lacked attention to detail. I echo everyone here when I say, as far as communication goes, Walden has a systemic issue. The Financial Aid department is the most incompetent. From lack of follow-up to conflicting information, trying to get anything resolved with them is a time-consuming and often unfruitful process. Additionally, getting support from other departments is a chore in an of itself. All over, it takes literal weeks to hear from someone even though you're told "one to three business days."

Faculty absolutely sucks. They are ignorant and unhelpful not to mention completely delusional and out of touch. One instructor suggested that our resume should be minimum 19 pages long and most places I spoke to said they wanted page resumes maximum two pages. Also, they graded unfairly and expected nothing from foreign students who could barely communicate or comprehend English and yet expected our papers to be perfect but even when there wasn’t a problem they would make the most nonsensical suggestions that were absolutely absurd. The prompts for writing were disjointed and contradictory, confusing and even when followed perfectly, grades were NOT appropriate. I made a 4.0 at a real university, not an online diploma mill, and these “instructors” were barely qualified to teach kindergarten much less a Master’s degree program course.

As a ** female student, I entered into Walden University with high honors. Everything seem fine. Seems as though it was the right fit for me.... Till I realize the courses in the master's program is literal trash. There are here no one to talk to but biased ** coaches and professors who feel as though they are above you in a very odd and creepy way. I had situation where I reached out to one the professors about requesting things are not in the instructions of my assignments. No response. Then, I reached out to the coach about it and immediately, she stood up for the professor and defended the nonsense.