Information Technology is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #26 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for information technology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 197 master's degrees in information technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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The it master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to information technology students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other information technology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for information technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information technology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for information technology students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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