by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Western Governors University landed the #137 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. For this achievement, WGU received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Utah, WGU came in at #2.
The total graduate student population at WGU is made up of 71.1% women and 28.9% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 25.9% of the graduate students who attend WGU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 0.1% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Fees | $290 | $290 |
Master's degree recipients from WGU earn an average salary of $69,205 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 18% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Western Governors University.
Contact details for WGU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4001 South 700 East Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 |
| Phone: | 801-274-3280 |
| Website: | www.wgu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/wgu.edu |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/wgu |
In 2020-2021, 100.0% of the graduate students at Western Governors University took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*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.
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