Business Administration & Management at Western Governors University

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying business administration & management, 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.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

WGU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
Master’s Degree in Business Administration

WGU Business Administration & Management Rankings

The business administration major at WGU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Business Administration Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

52% Women

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of business administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at WGU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	76
Black or African American	144
Hispanic or Latino	301
White	1,666
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	317

WGU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

56% Women

28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from WGU, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	172
Black or African American	445
Hispanic or Latino	451
White	2,745
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	552

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

If you plan to be a business administration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Governors University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	6,019
Organizational Leadership	1,872

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	44,760	$82,370
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,660	$52,470
Retail Sales Supervisors	9,590	$38,940
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	5,750	$60,190
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,440	$121,570

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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