15 Facts About WGU Indiana

WGU Indiana is a private, non-profit online school established by the state of Indiana to expand access to higher education for Indiana residents, which is a branch campus of Western Governors University.

WGU Indiana was established through an executive order on June 14,2010 by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, as a partnership between the state and Western Governors University in an effort to expand access to higher education for Indiana residents and increase the percentage of the state's adult population with education beyond high school.

The mission of WGU Indiana is to expand access to affordable higher education for Indiana residents through online degree programs that address key workforce needs.

WGU Indiana is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Governors University, which was founded in 1997 by 19 US governors to expand access to higher education through online degree programs.

Non-profit but self-sustaining on tuition, WGU Indiana provides new educational opportunities for Indiana residents without ongoing state subsidy.

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WGU Indiana accepts applications only from residents in the state of Indiana.

WGU Indiana uses a mentor-guided model that requires students to demonstrate their knowledge rather than spending time in a classroom.

WGU Indiana's system is designed to enable students to employ such previously learned skills in proving their competency while earning a degree.

Each WGU Indiana student is assigned a mentor, who provides one-on-one coaching, guidance, and support from enrollment through graduation.

WGU Indiana degrees are granted under the current accreditation of Western Governors University, which is regionally accredited through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and nationally accredited through the Distance Education and Training Commission.

WGU Indiana tuition is charged at a flat rate for six-month terms, not per credit hour or semester.

WGU Indiana is an approved education provider for Indiana state grants and scholarships offered through the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana.

WGU Indiana is led by Chancellor Alison Bell, who is based in the university's Indianapolis office.

In January 2019, the US Department of Education's Federal Student Aid office issued their final audit determining that WGU Indiana was indeed eligible to participate in federal student aid.

In making its final determination, FSA reviewed the Department's Office of Inspector General's report, examined WGU Indiana's records regarding interactions between students and academic staff during the year audited, and reviewed the favorable findings of WGU Indiana's accrediting agency regarding the institution's academic model.