WGU Graduate Success

When you complete your degree at WGU, you will be well prepared for a career in your field. Sixty-five percent of WGU graduates report that they received a promotion, salary increase, or a new position as a result of completing their degree. Because WGU students typically are working full-time, most of the others remained in the positions they already held.

WGU Graduate Satisfaction Survey Results

Because our graduates’ success and satisfaction is a primary objective, WGU employs an independent research firm to survey recent graduates opinions about their WGU experiences. There’s still room for improvement but the results are gratifying.

Graduate Satisfaction (2011 Survey of 3,979 Graduates Conducted by Lighthouse Research and WGU)

94 percent would choose WGU if making the choice again.
96 percent would recommend WGU to others.
73 percent found the competencies they gained at WGU directly related to their work.
65 percent got a raise, promotion, or new job responsibility as a result of their WGU degree.

WGU Graduates’ Impressive Careers

WGU graduates hold responsible positions in many major companies throughout the U.S.:

College of Business Graduates

Area Manager	Amazon.com
Manager, Global Business Development	AT&T
Vice President	Bank of America
Program Manager	Cisco
Project Manager	Citigroup
Vice President of Information Technology	Franklin Covey
Quality Systems Manager	General Dynamics
Operations Manager	Hewlett Packard
Chief Information Officer	HSH-Nordbank
Technical Sales Engineer	IBM
Manager, Worldwide Training	John Deere
Contract Administrator	Kaiser Permanente
Quality Manager	L-3 Communications
Human Resources Manager	McKesson Corporation
Lead Program Manager	Microsoft
Sales Manager	Xerox Corporation

College of Health Professions Graduates

Director of Human Resources	Adventist Health
Manager of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation	Anne Arundel Medical Center
VP, Marketing, Community Relations, and Business Development	Bloomington Hospital
Vice President of Operations	Covenant Hospice
Director of WCS	HCA
Nurse Manager	HealthSouth
Nursing Department Chairperson	Iowa Wesleyan College
Director of Education	Medical Center of Plano, Texas
Pediatric Clinical Educator	Methodist Children’s Hospital (HCA)
Director of Med/Surg	Southern Hills Medical Center

College of Information Technology Graduates

Senior IT Manager	Alliant Techsystems (ATK)
IIS Support Engineer	Bank of America
Information Security Advisor	The Boeing Company
Materials Manager	Cardinal Health
Network Engineer	CDI Corporation
Business Modernization Specialist	Defense Logistics Agency
Information Technology Specialist	Department of Veterans Affairs
Senior Support Engineer	IBM Internet Security Systems
Senior Project Manager	Kaiser Permanente
Software Engineer	Lockheed Martin
IT Manager	L’Oreal USA
Operations Engineer	Microsoft
Deputy CIO	NASA
Systems Engineer	NATO
Director, Network Management/Defense	Northrup Grumman
Information Systems Security Manager	Raytheon
Engineering Development Consultant	Texas Instruments
Network Engineer	UNISYS
Special Projects Manager	U.S. Department of State Messaging Systems
Director of Network & Information Security Services	University of Illinois Springfield

Teachers College Graduates
Graduates of WGU’s Teachers College can be found in almost every major public school district in the U.S. A number of WGU graduates have been recognized for their work through awards and grants:

Alameda Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Association of Public Charter Schools Educator of the Year
Distance Education and Training Council Outstanding Graduate
Elementary Educator of the Year, Davis School District, Utah
Fulbright Scholarship Recipient
Gates Foundation Empowering Effective Teachers Grant Recipient
Montana Teacher of the Year PTA Lifetime Achievement Award
National Finalist for IBM ThinkSmart Program
Texas Medical Association’s 2010 Ernest and Sarah Butler Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
Texas West Region Teacher of the Year
Toshiba America Grant Recipient
Volusia County Florida Crystal Apple Teacher of the year
Wilhelmina C. Robertson Excellence in Science or Mathematics Teaching Award

What Our Graduates Tell Us

“I loved being able to learn at my own speed and I was encouraged to use skills I already had. I wish my bachelor’s had been that way. This is definitely the future of education.” (MBA graduate) Read more comments