by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,661 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 894 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. That schools that top this list have a program in information technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 114 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and it awarded 53 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at Colorado State University - Global Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 631 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 Western Governors University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this large private for-profit school awarded 84 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 Brigham Young University - Provo
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