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 has a total student population of 147,866.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

WGU Information Technology Rankings

The it major at WGU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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.

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 Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 90% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 10% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in it 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 it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	93
Black or African American	167
Hispanic or Latino	252
White	1,186
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	303

WGU Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of it master's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

Of the students who received a it master's degree from WGU, 52% 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 it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	79
Black or African American	157
Hispanic or Latino	146
White	593
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	172

Concentrations Within Information Technology

Information Technology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Western Governors University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	1,974
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	613
Network & System Administration/Administrator	20

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Computer Science
• Computer Programming
• 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.