by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Information Technology is the 35th most popular major in the country with 31,531 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 2,006 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 300 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,974 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California” ranking, we looked at 13 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 colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree it students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern States University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 27 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Southern States University
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the #2 spot on the list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 27 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Technology at Golden Gate University - San Francisco
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Lutheran University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California. Thousand Oaks, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Clara University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Santa Clara, California, and it awarded 39 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California list. University of San Francisco is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 33 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at University of San Francisco
Naval Postgraduate School did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Monterey, California, and it awarded 21 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Naval Postgraduate School
California State University - Fullerton came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California ranking. Located in Fullerton, California, this large public school awarded 62 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full California State University - Fullerton Information Technology Report
Westcliff University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California ranking, coming in at #8. Westcliff University is a small private for-profit school situated in Irvine, California. It awarded 3 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
California State University - Los Angeles landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California ranking. California State University - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
California State University - San Bernardino ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California list. San Bernardino, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Northcentral University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California ranking. Located in San Diego, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 more about Information Technology at Northcentral University
With a ranking of #12, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large public school situated in Pomona, California. It awarded 16 masters’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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
San Diego State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in California ranking, coming in at #13. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full San Diego State University Information Technology Report
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