2024 Best Information Technology Schools in Louisiana
3Colleges in Louisiana
218IT Degrees Awarded
$39,971Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in information technology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #42 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of information technology. Combined, these schools handed out 218 degrees in information technology to qualified students.
Your choice of information technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for information technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Technology Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Information Technology in Louisiana
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the it degree levels they offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in information technology has to check out Tulane University of Louisiana. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #78 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent year we have data available.
Bossier Parish Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in information technology. Located in the city of Bossier City, Bossier Parish Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 17th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 136 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Bossier Parish Community College in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the it program earn around $36,960 for their early career.
Herzing University - Kenner is a great decision for students interested in a degree in information technology. Herzing University - Kenner is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Metairie. This university ranks 29th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
Information Technology degree recipients from Herzing University - Kenner get an earnings boost of around $7,082 above the typical earnings of information technology majors.
It is difficult to beat McCann School of Business & Technology if you want to pursue a degree in information technology. Located in the small city of Monroe, McCann School of Business & Technology is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
There were approximately 3 information technology students who graduated with this degree at McCann School of Business & Technology in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, it degree recipients generally make around $35,901 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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