Walden University - Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration

Difficult Program

By: crimson71477 (In Progress) on June 10, 2009

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Walden University's school of Public Policy is comprehensive and competitive.  There may be a number of students who start the program but not all of them finish the program.  I find that classmates who entered the program with me left because the program required a lot more time, energy, writing, and challenges that they were not expecting.

The School of Public Policy requires A LOT of reading, writing, and critical thinking.  This is certainly not a program that you can just do minimal work and get by.  It requires all the same expectations that traditional universities require except you can do it on your own time.  The professors come from universities all over the country and have diverse backgrounds that add to the dynamics of the program.  You can not enter Walden as a poor writer and leave the same way. The school is very challenging with regards to writing. If you can't read or write, you will never make it through the program.  The PhD program tends to be 4-5 years.  You can't possibly do it less than 3.