Business Administration & Management at Western Governors University

What traits are you looking for in a business administration school? To help you decide if Western Governors University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business administration program.

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 147,866 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4,830 students received their master's degree in business administration.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

WGU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WGU does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WGU Business Administration & Management Rankings

Business Administration Student Demographics at WGU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Western Governors University.

WGU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4,830 students graduated with a master's degree in business administration from WGU. About 44% were men and 56% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from WGU, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Governors University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	180
Black or African American	509
Hispanic or Latino	443
White	2,960
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	735

Related Majors

• Accounting
• Management Information Systems

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Western Governors University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
General and Operations Managers	44,760	$82,370
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,660	$52,470
Retail Sales Supervisors	9,590	$38,940
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	5,750	$60,190
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,440	$121,570

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.