Major Programs at WGU

Western Governors University offers 68 degree programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 68 programs can be conferred by distance learning.
At the school, the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the most completers (8,503 students) and the Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration program has the second most completers (835 students) last year.
The Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations program has the highest salary ($75,200) after graduation and the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $73,300 average salary.
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Degrees & Major Programs

Western Governors University offers 68 degree programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 68 programs can be conferred by distance learning.
Total Number of Programs By Degree
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Online ProgramsNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED29 29NOT OFFERED8
Overall ProgramsNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED29 29NOT OFFERED8

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The next table lists the best programs with the highest average salary after graduation from Western Governors University.
The Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations program has the highest salary ($75,200) after graduation and the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $73,300 average salary.
Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary after Graduation
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations$75,200
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$73,300
Computer and Information Sciences$71,200
Pre-Dentistry Studies$60,600
Business Administration and Management$56,600
Marketing/Marketing Management$49,000
Accounting$46,000
Agricultural Teacher Education$37,000
Special Education and Teaching$37,000
Education$33,700
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching$29,900
Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary after Graduation
Network and System Administration/Administrator$95,400
Management Information Systems$88,200
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$83,900
Business Administration and Management$68,300
Educational Leadership and Administration$59,200
Accounting$53,500
Educational/Instructional Technology$52,500
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor$51,500
Curriculum and Instruction$50,400
Agricultural Teacher Education$48,900
Special Education and Teaching$47,300
Education$42,900
*The average salary data is from College Scoreboard.

Popular Area of Study with Most Completers

Following programs are the popular major programs at Western Governors University.
At the school, the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the most completers (8,503 students) and the Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration program has the second most completers (835 students) last year.

Field of Study by Degree, Number of Completers, and Average Salary

The following tables show all major programs at WGU by degree with number of completers last year. You may want to search schools that have a program by following the link on the major title column in each table.
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Information TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 659ONLINE 486ONLINE 0 NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Computer Programming/ProgrammerNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 619ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Computer Programming, Specific ApplicationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 698ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 201ONLINE 598ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Cloud ComputingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 219ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Network and System Administration/AdministratorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - $95,400 - -
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/ManagerNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 475ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information AssuranceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,060ONLINE 1,007ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
what is Education program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Curriculum and InstructionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2,461ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - $50,400 - -
Educational Leadership and AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 468ONLINE NOT OFFERED 9ONLINE
Salary After Completing-- - $59,200 - -
Educational/Instructional TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,962ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - $52,500 - -
Learning SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,782ONLINE 61ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Special Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 785ONLINE 139ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- $37,000 $47,300 - -
Elementary Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,802ONLINE 1,010ONLINE NOT OFFERED 14ONLINE
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Early Childhood Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
English/Language Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 202ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Mathematics Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 153ONLINE 701ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 17ONLINE 172ONLINE NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Social Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED 0
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Biology Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 91ONLINE 74ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Chemistry Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 13ONLINE 32ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Physics Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 8ONLINE 35ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Earth Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 18ONLINE 24ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language InstructorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 381ONLINE NOT OFFERED 39ONLINE
Salary After Completing-- - $51,500 - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 912ONLINE 1,774ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/AdministratorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 328ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Nursing EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,211ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Registered Nursing/Registered NurseNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 8,503ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- $73,300 $83,900 - -
Nursing AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,505ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 398ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
what is Business program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2,594ONLINE 2,623ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- $56,600 $68,300 - -
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,368ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
AccountingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,170ONLINE 320ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- $46,000 $53,500 - -
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 835ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Management Information SystemsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 679ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - $88,200 - -
Information Resources ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 599ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- - - - -
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 556ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- $49,000 - - -
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing OperationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing-- $75,200 - - -

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