Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT · Private nonprofit · 155,088 undergrads (large, suburb) · website ↗
- Open admission
- $65 application fee
- Online only
What you'll actually pay
Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.
| Household income | Avg net price / year |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $12,064 |
| $30,000 – $48,000 | $12,436 |
| $48,000 – $75,000 | $12,578 |
| $75,000 – $110,000 | $14,824 |
| Over $110,000 | $12,734 |
| All incomes (average) | $12,548 |
Sticker tuition and fees: $8,658 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.
These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Western Governors University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.
Net price calculator ↗Other costs of attendance, 2025–26
The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.
| Housing and meals, off campus (not with family) | $8,100 |
| Books and supplies | $200 |
| Other expenses, off campus | $1,000 |
Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23
What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (1,377 of them) in 2022–23; 66% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.
| Type of aid | Students awarded | Average amount |
|---|---|---|
| Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own | 52% | $4,974 |
| Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government | 50% | $4,663 |
| The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college | 4% | $1,265 |
| Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans | 50% | $3,944 |
IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.
Admissions & outcomes
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
- Students with Pell grants
- 39%
- Graduation rate (6yr)
- 46%
- Freshman retention
- 65%
- Median earnings @ 10yr
- $60,615
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,116
- International undergrads
- 20 (0%)
For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.
Admission policy, test scores and teaching
- SAT/ACT policy
- Open admission
- Application fee
- $65
- Students per faculty member
- 42 to 1
- Faculty who are full-time
- 75%
Admits any student who applies (fall 2024)
undergraduate, 2023–24
undergraduates, fall 2024
fall 2024
What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023
Not reported (open admission).
IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.
Most popular fields of study
Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.
Earnings and debt by field of study
Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.
Bachelor's degrees (24)
| Field of study | Degrees awarded 2023–24 | Earnings, 1 yr after | Earnings, 4 yrs after | Median federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 5,885 | $91,037 | $97,114national $88,910 | $10,737 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | 2,736 | $97,728 | $129,303national $85,063 | $14,104 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 2,685 | $70,584 | $83,654national $68,257 | $17,299 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 1,612 | — | —national $47,382 | $13,205 |
| Accounting and Related Services | 1,310 | $62,743 | $75,767national $76,194 | $15,102 |
| Computer Science | 1,096 | $86,272 | —national $107,009 | $11,509 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | 1,078 | $68,018 | $82,644national $58,716 | $15,809 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 984 | $85,048 | $108,836national $92,374 | $15,036 |
| Human Resources Management and Services | 796 | $63,341 | —national $68,069 | $11,664 |
| Management Information Systems and Services | 747 | $86,834 | —national $83,290 | $11,376 |
| Special Education and Teaching | 604 | $47,786 | $52,090national $50,499 | $16,288 |
| Marketing | 581 | $59,001 | $71,431national $69,303 | $14,249 |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 452 | — | —national $73,587 | $7,887 |
| Computer Engineering | 388 | — | —national $109,015 | $8,034 |
| Computer Programming | 367 | — | —national $83,439 | $16,839 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 279 | $48,541 | $52,284national $51,389 | $16,967 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | 210 | $93,757 | $131,198national $58,894 | $18,119 |
| Public Health | 188 | — | —national $58,808 | $9,600 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 65 | — | —national $83,343 | $6,221 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | 35 | $70,421 | —national $61,296 | — |
| Education, General | — | $43,747 | $49,646national $49,808 | $12,870 |
| Data Analytics | — | — | — | $8,256 |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics | — | — | $89,625national $73,739 | — |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | 0 | — | $107,585national $75,399 | — |
Master's degrees (17)
| Field of study | Degrees awarded 2023–24 | Earnings, 1 yr after | Earnings, 4 yrs after | Median federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curriculum and Instruction | 5,296 | $62,983 | $69,935national $63,399 | $7,812 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 4,712 | $89,182 | $98,950national $103,485 | $13,816 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | 1,945 | $100,359 | $111,643national $89,981 | $17,218 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 1,910 | $105,611 | $111,688national $120,193 | $17,322 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | 1,655 | $64,860 | $71,469national $70,644 | $10,324 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | 1,484 | $119,532 | $144,205national $121,855 | $10,106 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 1,428 | $61,461 | $65,801national $63,707 | $11,931 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 1,305 | — | —national $59,916 | $18,467 |
| Management Information Systems and Services | 838 | $108,389 | $125,944national $106,092 | $12,839 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | 623 | $73,981 | $84,521national $71,685 | $15,070 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | 578 | $100,883 | $129,737national $120,083 | $13,476 |
| Accounting and Related Services | 396 | $78,816 | $92,442national $95,833 | $13,605 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | 337 | $67,436 | $72,564national $65,767 | $9,914 |
| Special Education and Teaching | 294 | $60,204 | $63,218national $64,397 | $15,301 |
| Marketing | 188 | — | —national $79,106 | $9,380 |
| Human Resources Management and Services | 145 | — | —national $83,558 | $7,580 |
| Education, General | — | $54,354 | $56,657national $65,824 | $16,220 |
A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 17 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.
Contact and accreditation
- Address
- 4001 South 700 East Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84107
- Phone
- (801) 274-3280
- Institutional accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
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