Degree Programs Overview

As of 2026, Western Governors University offers 92 degree programs through Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 92 programs can be conferred by distance learning.

A total of 59,391 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 at WGU. 28,336 students completed bachelor's programs and 30,929 completed master's programs.

The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at WGU. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.

Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
Total ProgramsOnline ProgramsCompleters
TotalMenWomen
Associate's2225 916
Bachelor's363628,336 12,00816,328
Master's404030,929 10,24420,685
Post-Graduate Certificate101095 1481
Less than 12-Weeks Certificate11- --
At least 12-weeks but less than 1-Year Certificate336 33

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from Western Governors University. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.

The Computer and Information Sciences, General program has the highest salary ($80,509) after graduation and the Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $78,577 average salary.

Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Computer and Information Sciences, General $80,509$6,709$16,625$176
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing $78,577$6,548$9,470$100
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations $72,823$6,069$20,671$219
Medical Illustration and Informatics $68,593$5,716$20,346$216
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs $68,172$5,681--
Business Administration, Management and Operations $62,245$5,187$14,816$157
Accounting and Related Services $53,290$4,441$15,915$169
Marketing $50,243$4,187$12,929$137
Special Education and Teaching $40,689$3,391$17,937$190
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas $40,090$3,341$16,991$180
Education, General $36,955$3,080$15,546$165
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods $32,722$2,727--
Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management $111,928$9,327$11,526$131
Management Information Systems and Services $97,288$8,107$12,696$144
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing $90,365$7,530$13,665$155
Business Administration, Management and Operations $74,384$6,199$13,165$150
Educational Administration and Supervision $65,441$5,453$12,772$145
Accounting and Related Services $60,677$5,056$12,750$145
Educational/Instructional Media Design $57,418$4,785$7,989$91
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language $56,513$4,709$7,860$89
Curriculum and Instruction $55,191$4,599$9,341$106
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas $53,657$4,471$10,414$118
Special Education and Teaching $51,906$4,326$10,318$117
Education, General $46,944$3,912$12,532$143

Popular Programs with Most Completers

Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at Western Governors University.

At the school, the Curriculum and Instruction Master program has the most completers of 6,352 and the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Bachelor program has the second most completers of 4,940 students.

Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers

Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.

What is Education program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Artificial IntelligenceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED4ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Information TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,341ONLINE894ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer Programming/ProgrammerNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 174ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED 24ONLINE 1,406ONLINE9ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 99ONLINE593ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 281ONLINE0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cloud ComputingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 440ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/ManagerNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 253ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance5ONLINE NOT OFFERED 2,486ONLINE2,323ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Engineering program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Curriculum and InstructionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED6,352ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED775ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
Educational/Instructional TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED2,262ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Learning SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2,801ONLINE476ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Special Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 702ONLINE514ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,660ONLINE1,368ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
English/Language Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED282ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 155ONLINE924ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 20ONLINE247ONLINE NOT OFFERED 0
Social Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED 0
Biology Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 68ONLINE60ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemistry Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11ONLINE35ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11ONLINE39ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Earth Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 21ONLINE39ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language InstructorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED427ONLINE NOT OFFERED 65ONLINE
What is Engineering Technology program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Computer Software EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 880ONLINE8ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Computer Software Technology/TechnicianNOT OFFERED 1ONLINE 233ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Visual and Performing Arts program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Data Analytics, General1ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED125ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Industrial and Product DesignNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 29ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Business program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,014ONLINE2,163ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/AdministratorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 406ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Community Health Services/Liaison/CounselingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 120ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public HealthNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 15ONLINE95ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Community Health and Preventive MedicineNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 346ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nursing EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1,054ONLINE NOT OFFERED 5ONLINE
Registered Nursing/Registered NurseNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4,940ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nursing AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 410ONLINE1,429ONLINE NOT OFFERED 9ONLINE
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED191ONLINE NOT OFFERED 14ONLINE
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED38ONLINE NOT OFFERED 2ONLINE
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED432ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Business program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,014ONLINE2,163ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/AdministratorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 406ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Community Health Services/Liaison/CounselingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 120ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public HealthNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 15ONLINE95ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Community Health and Preventive MedicineNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 346ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nursing EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1,054ONLINE NOT OFFERED 5ONLINE
Registered Nursing/Registered NurseNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4,940ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nursing AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 410ONLINE1,429ONLINE NOT OFFERED 9ONLINE
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED191ONLINE NOT OFFERED 14ONLINE
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED38ONLINE NOT OFFERED 2ONLINE
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED432ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3,102ONLINE3,858ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 353ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1,370ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
AccountingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,772ONLINE490ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
AuditingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED12ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Accounting and FinanceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED11ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Accounting and Business/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED12ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
FinanceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 198ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 917ONLINE594ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management Information SystemsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 854ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Information Resources ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1,072ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 662ONLINENOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Digital MarketingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED329ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
TaxationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED23ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing OperationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED

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