2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Carolina, there were 203 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,450 and $27,541 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information technology programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The it school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina”.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree it students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 42 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#2

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,662 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$66,461 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 45 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina A & T State University are $20,662, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full NC A&T Information Technology Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology

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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