After Walden University: graduation, pay and debt

Minneapolis, Minnesota · For-profit · 7,362 undergrads

The typical student earns $42,810 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $20,834 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$42.8k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$20.8k

median federal debt at graduation.

30%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$50,657

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$47,015

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$42,810

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

75%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$20,834

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$11,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$12,501

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,375

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

30%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

32%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

45%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).