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2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida

6 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$23,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value IT Schools for a Master's in Florida

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Information Technology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 28,174 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Florida, there were 2,954 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 122 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Florida

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida. Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707.

Read more about Information Technology at Florida State

#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida list. FAU is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 6 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FAU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Atlantic University are $18,482.

Read full report on Information Technology at FAU

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full USF Tampa Information Technology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida. FIU is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 20 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FIU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211.

Full FIU Information Technology Report

#5

The University of West Florida

Pensacola, Florida
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of West Florida landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Pensacola, Florida, and it awarded 6 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

UWF also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWF are $24,894, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UWF Information Technology Report

#6

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Nova Southeastern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Florida list. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 25 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242.

Read more about Information Technology at Nova Southeastern University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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