2024 Best Information Technology Schools in the Southeast Region
86Colleges in the Southeast Region
13,607IT Degrees Awarded
Information Technology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #35 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 86 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for information technology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13,607 degrees in information technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The it program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Information Technology rankings. For our Best Overall Information Technology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Technology Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Information Technology in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the it degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's hard to beat George Mason University if you wish to pursue a degree in information technology. GMU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 460 information technology students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.
Wake Technical Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in information technology. Located in the large suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 13th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 1202 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Wake Technical Community College in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Florida State University if you want to pursue a degree in information technology. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 222 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in information technology. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale. A Best Colleges rank of #176 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 187 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale in the most recent data year.
UCF is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 277 information technology students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.
FIU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Miami. A Best Colleges rank of #183 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means FIU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 288 information technology students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent data year.
USF Tampa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tampa. A Best Colleges rank of #229 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USF Tampa is a great university overall.
There were approximately 228 information technology students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #385 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northern Virginia Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 391 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Northern Virginia Community College in the most recent data year.
UofSC is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were about 89 information technology students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year.
Central Piedmont Community College is a large public college located in the large city of Charlotte. This college ranks 19th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 251 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Central Piedmont Community College in the most recent data year.
NKU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Highland Heights. This university ranks 6th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 69 information technology students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Arlington, Marymount is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 16th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 114 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Marymount in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Information Technology Schools in the Southeast Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The it program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Information Technology rankings. For our Best Overall Information Technology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
