Gain a Competitive Edge in Your Career

Your bachelor’s degree from Walden can enhance your ability to find a meaningful career in which you can truly make a difference, and it can open the door to a lifetime of career and earnings growth.

Greater Opportunities

National forecasts point to continued growth in occupations requiring bachelor’s degrees. Your Walden bachelor’s degree will provide you with a foundation that may maximize your professional opportunities as well as your earning potential.

Increase Your Earnings Potential

With your Walden degree in hand, you can expect to dramatically raise your earnings potential over the course of your career. The earnings gap between those who have four-year college degrees and those who do not has widened throughout the last four decades.

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau, adults with bachelor’s degrees earned an average of $54,689 in 2005, while those with high school diplomas earned $29,448.
• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, based on median weekly earnings, individuals who have bachelor’s degrees earn 62 percent more than those with high school diplomas, 43 percent more than those with some college, and 33 percent more than those with associate degrees.

Stay Competitive

To remain competitive in the job market of the future, a bachelor’s degree is critical as more and more individuals pursue higher education.

• In 2003–04, about 69 percent of high school seniors expected to attain a bachelor's degree or higher, with 35 percent of those students expecting to continue on to graduate school. In 1980, only 35 percent of high school students expected to attain a bachelor's degree.
• The number of students enrolling in college immediately after high school increased from 49 percent in 1972 to 67 percent in 2004.

(The Condition of Education 2006, U.S. Department of Education)

Reach Your Potential

With a bachelor’s degree from Walden, give yourself the greatest possible chance for success. Take this first step in your career path and prepare yourself for additional study that can lead to a master’s and then a doctoral degree.

To help you be successful in a range of careers, you’ll develop skills in

• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Communication
• Research