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Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UTPrivate nonprofit NWCCU

Western Governors University offers an online, competency-based Bachelor of Science in Accounting and an online Master of Accounting with four specializations through its School of Business.

Verified degree programs

2 programs verified so far (1 bachelor's, 1 master's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Western Governors University

Accounting, B.S.

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science in Accounting
Format: Fully online · Asynchronous
Location: Salt Lake City, UTSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $3,850 per term · All students — Tuition per six-month term (charged per term rather than per credit)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NWCCU
Subjects: Accounting
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Western Governors University

Master of Accounting

Master'sMAccDedicated degreeAccounting graduates
Format: Fully online
Location: Salt Lake City, UTSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $4,850 per term · All students — Tuition per six-month term (charged per term rather than per credit)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: NWCCU
Subjects: Accounting · Taxation · Managerial and Management Accounting · Auditing and Assurance
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Accreditation

  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since February 13, 2003 · next review 10/01/2030

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

No business-school accreditation (AACSB, ACBSP, IACBE) is on record. It is optional, and its absence does not make a program illegitimate.

Supplemental accounting accreditation

No separate accounting accreditation is on record. AACSB business accreditation does not mean the accounting program holds AACSB accounting accreditation.

Institutional, business-school and accounting accreditation are three different things, and one never implies another. Each record names its unit and scope as the source gives it.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Institution

Official name
Western Governors University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
4001 South 700 East Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84107
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
185,015 of 185,015 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 26, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. DAPIP — NWCCU institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. wgu.edu/online-business-degrees/accounting-bachelors-program.html — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026
  5. wgu.edu/online-business-degrees/accounting-masters-program.html — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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