2024 Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Arizona

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 3 schools in Arizona 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 253 master's degrees in information technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Information Technology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of information technology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality it program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on information technology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of information technology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt information technology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information technology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information technology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Information Technology Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Information Technology in Arizona

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for information technology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Arizona Schools for a Master's in IT

1

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ

135 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Grand Canyon University if you want to pursue a master's degree in information technology. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of Phoenix.More information about a master’s in information technology from Grand Canyon University

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

31 Annual Graduates

Arizona State University - Tempe is a good option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in information technology. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in information technology from Arizona State University - Tempe

3

Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, AZ

23 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Arizona State University - Skysong if you wish to pursue a master's degree in information technology. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.More information about a master’s in information technology from Arizona State University - Skysong

Best Information Technology Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Information Technology Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	235	189
Oklahoma	153	45
New Mexico	114	26

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Rankings in Majors Related to IT

One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Information Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security	135
Information Technology Management	64
Information Technology Project Management	54

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	565
Computer Information Systems	463
Information Science	10
Computer Systems Networking	1

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis. More about our data sources and methodologies.