by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Information Technology is the 35th most popular major in the country with 31,531 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Georgia, there were 895 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 527 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,491 and $29,433 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information technology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Gwinnett College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. Lawrenceville, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 164 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Technology at Georgia Gwinnett College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. Strayer University - Georgia is a private for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Georgia Information Technology Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #3 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is a large public school situated in Kennesaw, Georgia. It awarded 208 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at Kennesaw State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American InterContinental University - Atlanta. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this small private for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Augusta University landed the #5 spot on the list. Augusta University is a public institution located in Augusta, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at Augusta University
With a ranking of #6, Brewton - Parker College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. This small school is located in Mount Vernon, Georgia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Clayton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. Located in Morrow, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Technology at Clayton State University
Columbus State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia ranking. Columbus State University is a medium-sized school located in Columbus, Georgia that handed out 21 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Columbus State University
Georgia Southwestern State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. Georgia Southwestern State University is located in Americus, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Clark Atlanta University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Clark Atlanta University
Mercer University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #11. Mercer is a medium-sized school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 6 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Georgia Southern University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. Statesboro, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, University of North Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. UNG is a fairly large school located in Dahlonega, Georgia that handed out 0 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
DeVry University - Georgia ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. DeVry University - Georgia is a small private for-profit school situated in Decatur, Georgia. It awarded 21 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Technology at DeVry University - Georgia
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