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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Virginia, there were 1,360 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 194 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 79 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Marymount University

Arlington, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$20,116 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marymount University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Located in Arlington, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

Marymount did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marymount are $20,116, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at Marymount

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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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