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Western Governors University 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has released it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and Western Governors University has received a top placement. You can read more about this year’s release or continue on for details on how your school fared in this year’s analysis.

This page was created to give you an overview of how WGU fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

2025 Ranking Overview

Nationwide Ranking

WGU is #66 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This scores WGU in the best 5% of colleges and universities in the nation for students!

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Utah Ranking

WGU placed #1 out of 11 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This ranks [college_name the #1 school in the nation for students in the state of Utah! See the Best Colleges in Utah ranking

This report includes highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, WGU has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31	1,055	97.1%
Best Computer Systems Networking Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1	22	95.5%
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2	134	98.5%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29	959	97.0%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	107	1,187	91.0%
Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13	256	94.9%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64	597	89.3%
Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13	200	93.5%
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73	654	88.8%
Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26	374	93.1%
Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3	29	89.7%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81	1,150	93.0%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31	373	91.7%
Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13	129	89.9%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24	231	89.6%
Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23	173	86.7%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106	694	84.7%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89	558	84.1%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	49	98.0%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	27	96.3%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	12	91.7%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	8	87.5%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	7	85.7%
Best Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10	54	81.5%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114	630	81.9%
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	2	25	92.0%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	3	42	92.9%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	41	97.6%
Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	20	95.0%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	13	92.3%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	13	92.3%
Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	12	91.7%
Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	11	90.9%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	9	88.9%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	7	85.7%
Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	7	85.7%
Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	6	83.3%
Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	5	80.0%
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	5	80.0%
Best Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	5	80.0%
Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	4	75.0%
Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	4	75.0%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	4	75.0%
Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	4	75.0%
Best Computer Systems Networking Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	3	66.7%
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	3	66.7%
Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	3	66.7%
Best Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	1	3	66.7%
Best Computer Systems Networking Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	1	3	66.7%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80	345	76.8%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	2	23	91.3%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	3	35	91.4%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	3	24	87.5%
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	2	7	71.4%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	3	20	85.0%
Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	2	10	80.0%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	2	9	77.8%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	2	8	75.0%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah	2	8	75.0%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region	5	19	73.7%

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