If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Professional 308 Pay Range: $73,000.00 - $109,400.00

Job Description

Ready to use data to shape the future of education?

At WGU, data drives decision-making—from course design to student support. As a Data Analyst on our Curriculum Analytics team, you’ll help uncover insights that improve learning outcomes and promote equity for every student.

The Institutional Analytics and Research (IAR) team supports and enables most university teams, departments, and colleges to make data-informed decisions that lead to better student outcomes. Our analysts, scientists, researchers, and managers are distributed across several teams: Institutional Research, Institutional Metrics & Insights, Outreach Analytics, Faculty Analytics, Curriculum Analytics, and Student Success Analytics.

About the Curriculum Analytics Team

We leverage WGU’s rich data assets to track curriculum performance, identify equity gaps, and support continuous improvement. Our mission is clear: help learners progress with confidence. We blend statistical rigor with meaningful impact, and every insight leads to action.

The Role: Data Analyst

As a Data Analyst, you’ll extract, process, analyze, and report on data to produce actionable insights and research. You’ll collaborate with peers and leaders across IAR, Data Engineering, Product Management, and Faculty, performing ad hoc analyses, building standard reports and visualizations, and delivering information that drives decision-making.

What You’ll Do

Analyze and visualize data to uncover trends and insights.
Build reports and dashboards in Tableau.
Use SQL to extract and transform data from multiple sources.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve data challenges.
Present findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Continuously improve your skills and contribute to team knowledge.

What You Bring

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
3+ years of experience in Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Statistics, Decision Intelligence, Research, Learning Science, or Behavioral/Cognitive Psychology.
Experience with SQL (queries, joins, CTEs, window functions, performance tuning).
Experience with Tableau or Power BI for data visualization and reporting.
Experience with descriptive statistics, causal analysis, and inference.

Bonus if you have

Experience in curriculum development, higher education, or learner success analytics

Experience in lieu of education:
An equivalent combination of training, experience, credentials, or accomplishments demonstrating the ability to perform the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements.

Work Location

This is a full-time, in-office position at WGU’s headquarters in Salt Lake City, UT. You’ll work side-by-side with a multidisciplinary team of analysts, researchers, and educators committed to data-informed innovation.

What to Expect
At WGU, our mission drives everything we do—including how we hire. Our interview experience is designed to give qualified candidates the opportunity to show their best work through meaningful conversations, practical problem-solving, and authentic collaboration.

We thoughtfully review every application and invite forward the candidates whose experience and potential best align with the role and our mission. If selected, you’ll hear from a recruiter or hiring manager who will guide you through the process and help you know what to expect at each stage. We aim to communicate decisions promptly and respectfully.

Here’s what that typically looks like:

Introductory call (~30 minutes): We’ll walk you through who we are at WGU and learn about your relevant experience.
Hiring manager interview (~45 minutes)
Technical interview (~45 minutes)

We're looking forward to getting to know you and seeing how you think, collaborate and build. Welcome to WGU.

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Position & Application Details

Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive.

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.

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