unitid 125231 · Minneapolis, MN · private for-profit 4-year · city (large)
Walden University
- enrollment 2023
- 67,717
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
9,136
96th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
55%
undergrads on Pell grants
55th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
not reported
sticker cost / yr
$35,358
54th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$33,817
after aid, aided students
75th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$42,810
after entry, Title IV students
63rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$20,834
48th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $32,652 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k53%
- 30-48k13%
- 48-75k13%
- 75-110k11%
- 110k+10%
- Median family income
- $29,738
- First-generation students
- 51%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,762
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 4,083 | $117,144 | — |
| Social Work. | 1,060 | $57,974 | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 799 | $56,037 | — |
| Education, General. | 772 | $62,717 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 465 | $97,647 | $32,800 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 402 | $75,132 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 291 | $108,665 | — |
| Education, General. | 248 | $94,939 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 245 | $129,689 | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 242 | $55,203 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 206 | $52,981 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 191 | $49,553 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.