2024 Best Information Technology Schools in Virginia
7Colleges in Virginia
1,414IT Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in information technology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #35 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for information technology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,414 degrees in information technology to qualified students.
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. We derive our Best Overall Information Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best Information Technology Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Information Technology in Virginia
The schools below may not offer all types of it degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
George Mason University is a good option for students pursuing 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 about 460 information technology students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Northern Virginia Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in information technology. Located in the 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 about 391 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Northern Virginia Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Richmond if you wish to pursue a degree in information technology. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of University of Richmond. A Best Colleges rank of #282 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means URichmond is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 information technology students who graduated with this degree at URichmond in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Marymount University if you want to pursue a degree in information technology. Located in the medium-sized 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 about 114 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Marymount in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #352 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were about 178 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 30th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 12 information technology students who graduated with this degree at John Tyler Community College in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Arlington, Strayer University - Virginia is a private for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 28th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 105 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Strayer University - Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Norfolk State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 47th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 3 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Norfolk State in the most recent data year.
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).
Removed schools reflect instances of new data identified post-publication that warrant removal of a school from this year’s ranking.
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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. We derive our Best Overall Information Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
