Western Governors University Computer Science Programs

Western Governors University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. WGU is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Where Is Western Governors University?

Contact details for WGU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4001 South 700 East Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84107
Phone:	801-274-3280
Website:	www.wgu.edu

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How Do I Get Into WGU?

You can apply to WGU online at: wwwforms.wgu.edu/wgu/app/app_step0

Western Governors University has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Western Governors University?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At WGU, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $5,072 a year. That adds up to $20,288 over four years for those students.

Western Governors University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 42,164 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 107,952 full-time undergraduates at WGU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Governors University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3,955
Black or African American	10,925
Hispanic or Latino	12,955
White	64,225
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	15,841

Online Learning at Western Governors University

There are 87 bachelor’s degree and 87 master’s degree programs available online at WGU. In 2022-2023, 156,935 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WGU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in Utah for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of WGU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computer & IS Security	4%
Computer Science	34%
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration	21%

Western Governors University Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Computer & IS Security	1,060	1,007	2,067
Information Technology	659	486	1,145
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration	201	598	799
Computer Science	698	0	698
General Computer Programming	619	0	619
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	475	0	475
Cloud Computing	219	0	219
Network & System Administration/Administrator	1	0	1
App Specific Computer Programming	0	0	0
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	0	0	0
TOTAL	3,932	2,091	6,023

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.