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Master's · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Is Communication and Media Studies at Walden University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Earnings are reported, but there isn't enough cost data to estimate payback.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$66,745
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$58,575
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
Not enough borrowers to report
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Earnings bump, year 4
−$8k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.

No cost figure is reported, so payback and net return can't be computed.

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