by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 31,531 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States.
Across North Carolina, there were 5,656 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 329 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their information technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Carolina A & T State University is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 74 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Pembroke. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina list. UNC Pembroke is located in Pembroke, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.
Full University of North Carolina at Pembroke Information Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Campbell University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina list. Buies Creek, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 23 students 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a public institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 99 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #5 spot on the list. UNCW is a fairly large school located in Wilmington, North Carolina that handed out 41 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Carolina at Wilmington Information Technology Report
Winston - Salem State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina list. WSSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
East Carolina University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina ranking. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 50 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
North Carolina Central University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #8. North Carolina Central University is a medium-sized school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Full North Carolina Central University Information Technology Report
With a ranking of #9, Piedmont International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina list. Piedmont International University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Piedmont International University Information Technology Report
Johnson C Smith University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina ranking. This small school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Strayer University - North Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in North Carolina ranking, coming in at #9. Strayer University - North Carolina is a private for-profit institution located in Morrisville, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - North Carolina Information Technology Report
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