Walden Tempo Learning Fees - Changes March 2025

[bjcheung77]

Walden hasn't changed their pricing much for the Tempo Learning CBE option, fees are in USD as they're an US University.  It's currently at $3K/3 months, $175 fee, so that's just $3,175 a session and if you need 6 months, that's 6K plus fees...  

Here's the fees webpage, they're bumping it up to $3100/3 months and 180 fees March 2025: https://www.waldenu.edu/online-masters-p...ology#fees 

This is just one example, I would guess they're changing the pricing for other Bachelors/Masters programs that are also on the Tempo Learning system.  You may want to see which degree you're looking at, the example above is for the MS Psychology degree.

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Here are the programs they offer on the Tempo Learning option: https://www.waldenu.edu/flexibility/tempo-learning
Their Masters are actually going to be the same pricing except the MS in Early Childhood Studies (two concentrations to select from).
MS Criminal Justice has this under fees:  You may be able to complete your MS in Criminal Justice degree in 5 months for under $7,000.*

[xspect]

FYI, I completed my MS in I/O psychology via tempo in one term a few years back.

[bjcheung77]

FYI, I completed my MS in I/O psychology via tempo in one term a few years back.

Awesome stuff, for readers that are planning to finish in 1 session, please don't expect to finish in 1 session of 3 months, unless you have X credits transferred and have no commitments and plenty of time. I would be on the safe side and say, 2 sessions of 6 months total, maybe 5-5.5 months if you want to give it some buffer time to be safe.

This masters interests me as well... but i have my BA in CIS (TESU) not psychology... do you think I could get in? Thanks...

Most of the Walden Masters programs that are on the Tempo Learning system do not require a specific undergraduate degree, it just requires a Bachelors for entry, the reason is because it's already got some classes that are somewhat like bridging classes. If you've taken a few intro to psychology or similarly related classes for undergrad, you're good to go with the basic knowledge.

[Sam1245]

FYI, I completed my MS in I/O psychology via tempo in one term a few years back.

Awesome stuff, for readers that are planning to finish in 1 session, please don't expect to finish in 1 session of 3 months, unless you have X credits transferred and have no commitments and plenty of time.  I would be on the safe side and say, 2 sessions of 6 months total, maybe 5-5.5 months if you want to give it some buffer time to be safe.  

This masters interests me as well... but i have my BA in CIS (TESU) not psychology... do you think I could get in? Thanks...

Most of the Walden Masters programs that are on the Tempo Learning system do not require a specific undergraduate degree, it just requires a Bachelors for entry, the reason is because it's already got some classes that are somewhat like bridging classes.  If you've taken a few intro to psychology or similarly related classes for undergrad, you're good to go with the basic knowledge.

What happens if you need a second tempo term and finish in one month of the three month second term. Are the fees pro-rated so that the second term is only charged at 1/3 the $3100?

[bjcheung77]

In short, You pay for that second session in full. Competency Based Learning systems from WGU, UMPI YourPace, Walden Tempo Learning, all the other ones on the WIKI, etc, is like a pre-paid cell phone service, you pay for everything, even though you don't use X minutes or X text a month.

You don't get refunded or pro-rated for any of those fees, it's an all-you-can eat system, you don't pay for what you don't eat. Unlike a post-paid system, you're paying for items you don't really use up, you'll be billed monthly for X or unlimited minutes/text, X gigs of data even though you don't use half of that number.

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Edit to Add: In addition to the above, another example is, it's like going to McDonalds to buy a happy meal combo, you get the full combo. If you don't drink the provided drink, or eat the provided fries, you don't get a refund nor a pro-rated change. In essence, it's basically, paying for a session or term, you take as short or long you need to complete the remaining credits, you're paying the entire session even if you just need 1 class.