Local resident earns degree from WGU

SALT LAKE CITY – Local resident MarQuita Hamilton of Fallbrook received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Western Governors University. The online, nonprofit university has graduated over 218,000 students from across the country since its inception in 1997.

WGU has recognized 14,146 undergraduate and 15,640 graduate degree recipients, who have completed their degrees since July 2, 2020. Their areas of study include business, K-12 education, information technology and health professions, including nursing.

The average time to graduate for those earning a bachelor’s degree was two years, three...