Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UTMain CampusLarge city suburb (population over 250,000 nearby)Visit WebsiteWikipedia

Cost & Tuition

Tuition: $8,300

Total Cost of Attendance: $14,464

Student Debt

Median total debt: $8,318

Students with federal loans: 42.6%

Students with Pell grants: 34.9%

Career Outcomes

All graduates median earnings:

After 1 year: $74,978

After 5 years: $83,319

Majors(26 programs)

  1. Business Administration, Management and Operations.(2,887 graduates)
  2. Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(1,657 graduates)
  3. Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.(1,547 graduates)
  4. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.(1,186 graduates)
  5. Health and Medical Administrative Services.(971 graduates)
  6. Accounting and Related Services.(861 graduates)
  7. Human Resources Management and Services.(844 graduates)
  8. Special Education and Teaching.(769 graduates)
  9. Computer and Information Sciences, General.(660 graduates)
  10. Management Information Systems and Services.(657 graduates)
  11. Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research.(571 graduates)
  12. Marketing.(517 graduates)
  13. Computer Programming.(399 graduates)
  14. Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.(246 graduates)
  15. Computer Science.(135 graduates)
  16. Computer Software and Media Applications.(55 graduates)
  17. Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.(26 graduates)
  18. General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.(10 graduates)
  19. Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.(1 graduates)
  20. Education, General.
  21. Educational Administration and Supervision.
  22. Educational/Instructional Media Design.
  23. Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.
  24. Medical Illustration and Informatics.
  25. Business/Corporate Communications.
  26. Finance and Financial Management Services.

Institution Details

Undergraduate Enrollment: 135,822 students

Retention Rate: 61.5%

Graduation Rate: 50.9%

Student Demographics

White (55.3%)
Hispanic (15.3%)
Black (13.3%)
Asian (4.1%)
Two or More (3.9%)

Gender Distribution

Men (43.3%)
Women (56.7%)

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