Executive Summary (DATA)

Walden University’s DATA project (Demonstrating Accountability, Transparency, and Assessment) provides detailed information about Walden’s students as well as student learning, student and alumni satisfaction, and the social impact of students and alumni in their communities and workplaces.

DATA is part of Walden’s ongoing commitment to communicate information about who its students are, what they are expected to learn at Walden, and how they are applying this knowledge to advance their careers and effect positive social change. The following information is a snapshot of the larger project that can be found in full at www.WaldenU.edu/DATA. More information on student achievement can be found here: www.WaldenU.edu/legal/consumer-information.

Demographics: Women are leading the way. Walden’s total student population is more than three-quarters female (80%), with women representing 82% of students in undergraduate programs. Walden graduate students are 43% black, 37% white, and 9% are Hispanic or Latino, while 44% of undergraduates are white, 36% are black, and 10% are Hispanic or Latino. Walden students continue to be most heavily represented in the 30–39 age demographic (34%), followed by those ages 40–49 (28%), but there is also significant representation among those ages 25–29 (15%) and 50–64 (18%). (Source: Walden University, 2022 IPEDS Fall Student Enrollment Headcount.)

Walden students are satisfied with the university. More than eight out of 10 (86%) Walden students who responded to our survey are satisfied with Walden. In addition, a majority of Walden international students (87%) are satisfied with Walden, according to survey results. (Source: Walden University, 2022 Student Satisfaction Survey.)

They’re prepared: Walden alumni report a direct impact on their careers. More than eight out of 10 (81%) alumni survey respondents report that their Walden degree enhanced their professional competence. (Source: Walden University, 2022 Alumni Satisfaction Survey.)

Walden alumni are effecting positive social change. Part of Walden’s mission is to provide a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners so they can effect positive social change. The majority of Walden alumni survey respondents (73%) report that Walden has helped them effect social change to a very great, great, or moderate extent. Walden alumni who responded to our survey also have a 60% average rate of volunteerism. (Source: Walden University, 2022 Alumni Satisfaction Survey.)