General Management Information Systems at Western Governors University

What traits are you looking for in a MIS school? To help you decide if Western Governors University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's MIS program.

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 147,866. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 776 students received a bachelor's degree in MIS from WGU.

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

WGU General Management Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

WGU does offer online education options in MIS for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WGU General 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: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

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 General 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
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	1
	1
	1
	2
	4
	12
	15
	32
	45
	53
	95

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 General Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 776 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Management Information Systems from WGU in 2020-2021, 69% were men and 31% were 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 also has a doctoral program available in MIS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Resources 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.