General Education at Walden University

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Walden University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student received a bachelor's degree in education from Walden University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

Walden University General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Walden University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Walden University offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

In 2021, 850 students received their master’s degree in education from Walden University. This makes it the #2 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 361 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Walden University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Walden University.

Walden University General Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Walden University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Walden University General Education Master’s Program

Of the 850 students who graduated with a master’s in education from Walden University in 2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Walden University, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Walden University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	151
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	466
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	125

Walden University also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 361 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Educational Assessment
• Other Education
• Multilingual Education
• Special Education
• Instructional Media Design

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Walden University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Education Professors	1,120	$74,010

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.