2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Georgia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Georgia” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 38,958 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 46th most popular in the United States. 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 Georgia, there were 2,463 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,162 and $26,546 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Georgia” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Georgia

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Georgia

#1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Georgia list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 61 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.

Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$20,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augusta University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Georgia list. Augusta University is a public institution located in Augusta, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Augusta University also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Augusta University are $20,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Information Technology at Augusta University

#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#4 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$67,660 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at Georgia State University

#4

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$75,706 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Georgia. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at SCAD

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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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