College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Walden University

Minneapolis, MN · For-profit · Bachelor-granting · 9,136 undergrads

Weigh this carefully before borrowing

This is a for-profit college. and the loans are owed whether or not you graduate (students who withdrew here carry a median of $8,200 in federal debt). Compare the cost and completion against a community college or in-state public university before you sign.

Do students finish?

— complete

What does it cost?

$35,358/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$141,432 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$42,810 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $22,490 median $42,810 75th pct $68,123

75% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

14 Bachelor's programs · $30,980 to $76,141 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $76,141 $20,341

Curriculum and Instruction.Bachelor's $67,666 —

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $54,093 $43,204

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $53,529 $35,625

Business/Corporate Communications.Bachelor's $53,308 —

Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $52,093 $34,592

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Bachelor's $47,503 $35,500

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $47,287 $33,334

Public Health.Bachelor's $47,197 $35,750

Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $46,339 $25,000

Human Services, General.Bachelor's $36,465 $39,649

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $34,217 $33,334

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.Bachelor's $32,422 $39,341

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Bachelor's $30,980 $40,167

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$11,500

≈ 27% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (46 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website