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Information Technology at Western Governors University

Information Technology at Western Governors University

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Western Governors University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 147,866.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

WGU Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT
  • Master’s Degree in IT

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.

WGU does offer online education options in it for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

WGU Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Information Technology Master’s Program

25% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of it master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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In the it master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 48
Black or African American 88
Hispanic or Latino 59
White 235
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 90

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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
Software Applications Developers 11,040 $99,070
Systems Software Developers 5,690 $106,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,440 $121,570
Computer Systems Analysts 3,850 $84,840
Computer Network Architects 910 $114,900

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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