CIP 5212 · Master's Degree · Western Governors University

Management Information Systems and Services at Western Governors University

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Western Governors University. 677 completers in the most recent 4-year window (587 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $123,017.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$123,017
Utah CIP-4 median $134,017
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$110,090
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$12,696
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
677
587 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Western Governors University

1.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $12,696 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $123,017.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

1.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Utah CIP 5212 peer-median earnings $134,017.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$12,696
$14,362$12,69620142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019677
67729220142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
ANNUAL COMPLETERS · 20142019+37%

Management Information Systems and Services at Western Governors University · annual completers rose

312 → 677

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,361,029
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 7year 0year 39
Cost per year
$10,666
HS-only baseline · UT
$38,000
Years to complete
6
CIP family
52

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5212

Management Information Systems and Services across Utah institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Utah Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

BYUPEER$134,017
Western Governors UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$123,017677 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →