Health Care Management at Western Governors University

If you are interested in studying health care 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 Health Care Management section at the bottom of this page.

WGU Health Care Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management
• Master’s Degree in Health Care Management

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WGU offers distance education options for health care management at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WGU Health Care Management Rankings

The health care management major at WGU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Care 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.

Health Care Management Student Demographics at WGU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health care management majors at Western Governors University.

WGU Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of health care management bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health care management 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 health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	509
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	115

WGU Health Care Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of health care management master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in health care management each year. WGU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health care management master's degree from WGU, 61% 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 health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	113
Black or African American	195
Hispanic or Latino	139
White	1,094
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	255

Related Majors

• Health Information Management

Careers That Health Care Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in health care management 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,560	$104,770

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.