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Does anyone have any experience with Walden University online degrees. I'm looking at their Master's program in education and wondered about its credibility. I'm also looking at Grand Canyon University. I have a friend who is taking classes from there.
Hello dear, I have been doing masters program in nursing and guiding a friend at walden university. It is easily managed when you are working at the same time
It depends if you expect a potential employer to take you seriously or not. There are plenty of regionally accredited brick and mortar schools like have distance education options.
Does anyone have any experience with Walden University online degrees. I'm looking at their Master's program in education and wondered about its credibility. I'm also looking at Grand Canyon University. I have a friend who is taking classes from there.
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
I think there are better schools with online master's degrees. I do know someone who attended Walden for her master's. Grand Canyon University is a conservative, Baptist college that began as a bible school, then a For Profit college, and now, a mostly online university.
Walden is one of the less odious online for-profit universities.
They advertise quite a bit. Have you looked at your state university? Do you need a master's to continue teaching?
Both are regionally accredited. That's setting the bar pretty low, however.
I would check with potential employers first and get a sense of whether they are prejudiced towards schools such as Walden before pursuing a masters with them. Some state's employers (i.e. Texas) are somewhat inclined towards name school graduates (i.e. Texas A&M) but academically I have to wonder why. I understand that the "Aggies" have quite a network but as long as the person can do the job, learned what they needed to know to impart that education to students, and there is a huge shortage of teachers....what difference does it make whether you went to A&M or Walden?
Not Walden, but Western Governors University. My son got his MBA from there and it was all good.
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