2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

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Information Technology is the 46th most popular major in the country with 38,958 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 503 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,500 and $44,526 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 317 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the information technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in District of Columbia

#1

Strayer University - Global Region

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$15,135 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$87,309 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Global Region landed the #1 spot on the list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Global Region also took the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - Global Region are $15,135, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Strayer University - Global Region Information Technology Report

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 213 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Information Technology at George Washington University

#3

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$106,069 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. Georgetown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 100 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.

Read more about Information Technology at Georgetown University

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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