Over 50,000 degrees awarded in fiscal 2024
Western Governors University (WGU), a national nonprofit, online university based in Salt Lake City, conferred 50,168 degrees to 49,564 people in fiscal year 2024, a historic milestone for the institution founded in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors.
Significantly, 67 percent of those graduates were from one or more underserved populations — students of color, first-generation, rural or low-income — a demonstration of WGU’s ability to impact the economic and social mobility of its students, the university said in a Please log in to see the rest of this story.
