Management Information Systems at Western Governors University

If you are interested in studying management information systems, 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. In 2021, 776 MIS majors received their bachelor's degree from WGU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Management Information Systems section at the bottom of this page.

WGU Management Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS
• Master’s Degree in MIS

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 MIS at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WGU Management Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the MIS progam at WGU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The MIS major at WGU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Management Information Systems. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	1
	1
	1
	1
	2
	8
	9
	14
	19
	31
	35
	61
	71

In 2021, 677 students received their master’s degree in MIS from WGU. This makes it the #1 most popular school for MIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

MIS Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of MIS bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in MIS 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 MIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	64
Hispanic or Latino	66
White	503
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	108

WGU Management Information Systems Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 677 students graduated with a master's degree in MIS from WGU. About 73% were men and 27% were women.

Of the students who received a MIS master's degree from WGU, 59% 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 MIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	400
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	97

WGU also has a doctoral program available in MIS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Management Information Systems

If you plan to be a MIS major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Governors University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Management Information Systems	776
Information Resources Management	677

Related Majors

• General Sales & Marketing
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That MIS Grads May Go Into

A degree in MIS 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,440	$121,570
Computer Programmers	3,400	$83,700

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.