Western Governors University Overview

Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, Western Governors University is a private not-for-profit institution. The suburban atmosphere of Salt Lake City makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is Western Governors University Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at WGU is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at WGU.
• For the <nil> academic year, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, WGU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $52,911 a year. That's about 30% more than their peers at other schools.

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

How Do I Get Into WGU?

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

As long as you submit the requested materials to Western Governors University when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Western Governors University?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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.

The student loan default rate at WGU is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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 2020-2021, 150,116 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 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of WGU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Western Governors University was 15.2%. This is the #722 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at WGU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.