Complaint Review: Western Governors University - Salt Lake City Utah
- Western Governors University 4001 South 700 East, Suite 700 Salt Lake City, Utah United States of America
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- Web: wgu.edu
- Category: Colleges and Universities
Western Governors University WGU.EDU worthless degree, too many administrative errors, they dont even accept their own degree Salt Lake City, Utah
*UPDATE Employee: WGU Response
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I started a Bachelors Degree at WGU in Network Administration. I already had my Associates. Upon starting I was a little confused about how the degree actually works. I spoke with the degree mentor every week and the phone calls were pointless. she asked "hows it going, anything i can do to help. whats your goal for the next week?" and that was it.
Each week she would tell me I'm one week closer to my goal which was getting into the masters degree program in Information Security. I worked my tail off to finish the degree in about a year. That included 5-6 hours a day of studying and every weekend I spent the whole weekend studying. You teach yourself the stuff, there are no teachers. The hardest part was the essays. If you do a perfect essay you are transitioning from one subtopic to another within the essay. However, to get credit you have to go along the grading rubric and state which part of the rubric is in each paragraph at the beginning of the paragraph because its a 3rd party company overseas that grades them and they don't look for what the essay includes, they only look for the first sentence or two in a paragraph.
Halfway through the degree I inquired about switching from Network Admin to Security because my goal, which you tell them in the entrance essay, was the Masters Degree. The degree mentor AND the academic advisor agreed that switching would add an additional year to my degree but if I dropped the major altogether I could graduate sooner and get into the masters degree sooner. So thats what i did.
Upon graduating I found out that the month BEFORE they suggested this to me they changed their policy and I was not eligible for the Masters Degree. I called everyone and they wont accept their own degree and by accelerating the program to graduate in less than the normal time I accelerated myself right out of being eligible.
So, i filed complaints and they went nowhere. Then I started focusing on going somewhere else but no schools will accept their degree. Most schools wouldn't accept anything because there is no GPA. They had to look into the school further and all of them refused to accept the degree. WGU said that they are nationally and regionally accredited but it doesn't mean anything if the military wont accept their degree, other schools wont accept the degree and they don't accept their own degree.
Go somewhere else. I'm just lucky that i only wasted 1 year and 6000 dollars but now that I have my Bachelors, I dont qualify for Pell Grant and student loans wont pay for a second bachelors after the first one is completed so I'm now paying out of pocket for a bachelors degree.
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#1 UPDATE Employee
WGU Response
AUTHOR: Western Governors University - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, September 06, 2012
Western Governors University has attempted, on several occasions, to offer solutions to this students issues. Privacy regulations set forth by FERPA will not allow us to post specific information about this student. However, here are a few basic facts about WGU and our Information Technology programs:
1. All grading for WGUs courses is done by evaluators who are employed by the university, not third-party companies overseas.
2. WGU mentors work closely with students to advise them regarding the degree programs they choose and how their choices will affect their longer-term goals.
3. Individuals with a B.S. in Information Technology with no specific focus will need to obtain a CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification to be considered for the M.S. in Information Security and Assurance program. Completion of this certification is a prerequisite, but does not guarantee admission to the program.
4. WGU enrollment staff will be happy to discuss these issues with this student further.


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