by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 31,531 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 3,302 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 428 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information technology.
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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 Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree it students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American InterContinental University - Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. American InterContinental University - Houston is a small private for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Technology at American InterContinental University - Houston
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American InterContinental University - Online landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Schaumburg, Illinois, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 97 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 114 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 210 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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 more about Information Technology at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 18 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Aspen University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Abilene Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Technology at Abilene Christian University
With a ranking of #9, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 159 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Information Technology at University of North Texas
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