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Software Engineering at Western Governors University

Software Engineering at Western Governors University

Every software engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer software engineering program at Western Governors University stacks up to those at other schools.

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 147,866 students attend the school each year.

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

WGU Software Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering

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 computer software engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

WGU Software Engineering Rankings

Computer Software Engineering Student Demographics at WGU

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

Careers That Computer Software Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software engineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,230 $128,980
Engineering Professors 320 $120,110

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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