SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
Forbes list of the "10 Most Promising Jobs of 2015"
highlights high-paying, in-demand careers expected to offer big
potential to job seekers in the coming year. From software engineer
to human resources manager to product manager, jobs in IT and
business are especially promising, and one university—the online,
nonprofit, competency-based Western Governors University—offers
degrees directly related to seven of them, degrees that aspirants
can earn without having to rearrange their lives or quit their
current jobs.
The list of jobs and their relevant bachelor's and master's
degrees is available at www.wgu.edu/TopJobs2015. The jobs covered
are:
- Software engineer (average base salary: $98,100)
- Business development manager (average base salary: $94,900)
- Human resource manager (average base salary: $96,400)
- Finance manager (average base salary: $123,000)
- Marketing manager (average base salary: $100,100)
- Product manager (average base salary: $113,400)
- Sales manager (average base salary: $76,600)
WGU's competency-based degree programs mean that students learn
material on their time and advance through their coursework at
their own pace, passing courses as soon as they are able to prove
they have mastered the material. For many WGU students, this
translates to significant time savings—the average time to complete
a bachelor's degree is under three years. And with a low flat-rate
tuition charged per six-month term, regardless of the number of
courses completed, saving time also means saving money at WGU.
The majority of WGU students work full time and have family
responsibilities that make a nontraditional university setting
unrealistic or impossible. WGU offers them the opportunity to earn
the bachelor's or master's degree they need to change careers or
advance within their current careers, building a better life for
themselves and their families. And WGU's affordable tuition—about
half the rate of other online universities—lets them achieve their
goals without taking on significant student debt (or any at
all).
About Western Governors University
Now with more than 53,000 students nationwide, WGU was established
in 1997 by a bipartisan group of U.S. governors with a mission to
expand access to high-quality, affordable higher education. The
nation's first competency-based university, WGU has been recognized
by the White House as what works in post-secondary education. WGU
is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and
Universities, has been named one of Fast Company's Most
Innovative Companies, and was featured on NPR, NBC Nightly
News, CNN, and in The New York
Times.
WGU has earned the support of more than 20 leading corporations
and foundations, including AT&T, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, Lilly Endowment, HCA, Hewlett-Packard, Lumina
Foundation, Microsoft, Oracle, SunGard Higher Education, and Zions
Bank. More information is available at www.wgu.edu or by calling
866.225.5948.
Follow WGU:
http://www.facebook.com/wgu.edu
http://www.linkedin.com/companies/western-governors-university
http://twitter.com/wgu
http://www.youtube.com/WesternGovernorsUniv
http://google.com/+wgu
http://news.wgu.edu/news/news.xml
Contact for media
inquiries:
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Contact for
enrollment information:
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Joan Mitchell – VP of
Public Relations
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866-225-5948
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801-428-5463
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www.wgu.edu
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jmitchell@wgu.edu
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