Walden University

This article is about the Minnesota-based university. For the defunct university in Tennessee, see Walden University (Tennessee). For the fictional Walden College, see Doonesbury.
Walden University
Seal of Walden University
MottoEducation for Good
TypePrivate for-profit online university
Established1970
PresidentMichael Betz[1]
Academic staff
235 full-time and 2,723 part-time (fall 2023)[2]
Students42,312 (6,298 undergraduate) Fall 2022[3]
Location
Minneapolis
,
Minnesota[4]
,
United States
CampusPrimarily online[4]
Websitewww.waldenu.edu

Walden University is a private for-profit online university headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It offers bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and specialist degrees. The university is owned by Adtalem Global Education, which purchased the university in August 2021. The institution is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

The Carnegie Classification lists Walden among “Doctoral Universities: Doctoral/Professional Universities”[5] Walden is a high-volume granter of healthcare administration master's degrees, Master of Science in Nursing degrees, and public health doctoral degrees in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS database.[6]

  1. ^ "About Our Accredited Online University". WaldenU.edu. Walden University. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  2. ^ 235 2,723
  3. ^ "College Navigator - Walden University".
  4. ^ a b Kaplan, Jonathan A. (May 4, 2010). "Testimony of Jonathan A. Kaplan, President of Walden University" (PDF). House.gov. Education and Labor Committee, US House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 10, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "Walden University". CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  6. ^ "IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 15 September 2020.