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 approximately 147,866 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 896 students received their master's degree in IT.

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

• Master’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WGU offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• 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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 896 students earned a master's degree in IT from WGU. About 9% of these graduates were women and the other 91% were men.

Of the students who received a IT master's degree from WGU, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	106
Hispanic or Latino	84
White	512
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	142

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Information Systems

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
Computer User Support Specialists	9,440	$50,000
Computer Workers	6,470	$76,890
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,440	$121,570
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	3,400	$81,430
Managers	3,310	$102,290

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.