Major Programs at WGU

Western Governors University offers 70 degree programs through Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 70 programs can be conferred by distance learning.
At the school, the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the most completers (7,718 students) and the Business Administration and Management program has the second most completers (2,505 students) last year.
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Degrees & Major Programs

Western Governors University offers 70 degree programs through Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 70 programs can be conferred by distance learning.
A total of 46,180 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 at WGU. 23,973 completed bachelor's programs and 22,141 completed master's programs.
Total Number of Programs By Degree
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Online Programs2130 29NOT OFFERED8
Overall Programs2130 29NOT OFFERED8
Number of Completers2123,97322,141NOT OFFERED66

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The next table lists the best programs with the highest average salary after graduation from Western Governors University.
*The average salary data is from College Scoreboard.

Popular Area of Study with Most Completers

Following programs are the popular major programs at Western Governors University.
At the school, the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the most completers (7,718 students) and the Business Administration and Management program has the second most completers (2,505 students) last year.

Field of Study by Degree, Number of Completers, and Average Salary

The following tables show all major programs at WGU by degree with number of completers last year. You may want to search schools that have a program by following the link on the major title column in each table.
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Information TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 710ONLINE 522ONLINE 0 NOT OFFERED
Computer Programming/ProgrammerNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 661ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED 0 840ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 200ONLINE 584ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 15ONLINE 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cloud ComputingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 275ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Network and System Administration/AdministratorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/ManagerNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 487ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information AssuranceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,514ONLINE 1,149ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Curriculum and InstructionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3,728ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 560ONLINE NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
Educational/Instructional TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,810ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Learning SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2,015ONLINE 156ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Special Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 667ONLINE 184ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,496ONLINE 1,308ONLINE NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
English/Language Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 265ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 124ONLINE 813ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 18ONLINE 254ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
Social Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
Biology Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 105ONLINE 67ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemistry Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 10ONLINE 45ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 8ONLINE 25ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Earth Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 16ONLINE 25ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language InstructorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 364ONLINE NOT OFFERED 57ONLINE
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Computer Software EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 18ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 781ONLINE 1,796ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/AdministratorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 335ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nursing EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,105ONLINE NOT OFFERED 3ONLINE
Registered Nursing/Registered NurseNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7,718ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nursing AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 68ONLINE 1,423ONLINE NOT OFFERED 3ONLINE
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 65ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 461ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2,505ONLINE 2,963ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,403ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
AccountingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,301ONLINE 372ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 828ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management Information SystemsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 645ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Information Resources ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 672ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 528ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Digital MarketingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 21ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing OperationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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