Western Governors University Announces New Scholarship for IT Professionals

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Up to $3,000 Available for IT Professionals Enrolling in the Online University's College of Information Technology

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Western Governors University is making it easier for current IT professionals to finish their bachelor's degrees; the online university has announced a new scholarship program, the WGU Information Technology Professionals Scholarship. The scholarship was created for IT professionals who have already completed some coursework toward an online IT degree and who have earned at least two IT certifications. WGU will award 20 scholarships, paid at the rate of $600 per six-month term, for up to five terms.

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WGU is ideal for busy IT professionals with full-time jobs and family obligations. Degree programs are all online and competency-based, allowing students to study when they have the time and to advance when they demonstrate proficiency rather than by earning credits for time spent in classes. Because WGU is a non-profit university with a mission to provide accessible higher education to working adults, tuition is affordable, less than $6,000 per year. And, WGU continues to buck the trend in higher ed—tuition hasn't increased in the past year, and won't increase this year.

All of WGU's Information Technology programs include industry-recognized certifications, including CIW, CCNA, MCITP, OCA, and CompTIA. In addition, WGU is a Microsoft IT Academy member, which allows the university to offer students world-class technology curriculum and courseware provided by Microsoft. The College of Information Technology offers eight bachelor's degree programs:

• B.S. Information Technology
• B.S. Information Technology—Networks Administration
• B.S. Information Technology—Networks Design and Management
• B.S. Information Technology—Databases
• B.S. Information Technology—Security
• B.S. Information Technology—Software
• B.S. Health Informatics (from the College of Health Professions)
• B.S. Business—Information Technology Management (from the College of Business)

For more information, go to http://www.wgu.edu/ITprofessionals  or call 1.866.225.8948.

About Western Governors University (WGU)

"[WGU is] the best relatively cheap university you've never heard of."– TIME magazine

Featured on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, WGU is the only university in the U.S. offering competency-based degree programs and the only non-profit, fully online university in the country. WGU offers degree programs in Business, Education, Information Technology, and Healthcare Professions, including Nursing. Since its inception in 1997, WGU has grown into a national institution, serving more than 19,000 students in all 50 states. WGU is self-sustaining on tuition, and does not rely on state or national support to fund its operations.  

WGU is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). WGU's Teachers College is the first and only exclusively online provider of teacher education to receive accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). WGU nursing programs have been accredited by the Commission for Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

The university has earned the support of more than 20 leading corporations and foundations. They include institutions such as AT&T, Dell, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, HCA, Microsoft, Oracle, Qwest, SunGard Higher Education, Sun Microsystems, American Express, and Zions Bank. More information is available at www.wgu.edu.

SOURCE Western Governors University

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