2024 Best Value IT Schools in Texas
13
Ranked Colleges
1,886
Degrees Awarded
$15,500
Avg Net Price*
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Information Technology is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 40,555 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $26,794 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 1,886 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,551 and $24,665 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value IT Schools in Texas” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value IT Schools in Texas
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools in Texas.
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value IT Schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 134 ’s it degrees in 2020-2021.
TSTC also made our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State Technical College is $10,463 for Texas IT students.
Full Texas State Technical College Information Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Collin County Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IT Schools in Texas. Collin County Community College District is a large public school situated in McKinney, Texas. It awarded 135 ’s it degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Collin County Community College District, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Collin County Community College District is $7,040 for texas it students.
Read more about Information Technology at Collin County Community College District
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IT Schools in Texas. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this large public school awarded 279 diplomas to qualified ’s it students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarrant County College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College District is $5,147 for texas it students.
Full Tarrant County College Information Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #4 on our 2024 Best Value IT Schools in Texas list. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 369 ’s it degrees in 2020-2021.
UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $10,549 for Texas IT students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Technology at UTSA
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value IT Schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, El Centro College landed the #5 spot on the list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s it degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at El Centro College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend El Centro College is $4,739 for texas it students.
Read more about Information Technology at El Centro College
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value IT Schools in Texas list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s it degrees to 74 students in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $18,919 for Texas IT students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Technology at Texas A&M University - College Station
Sam Houston State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value IT Schools in Texas list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 18 ’s it degrees in 2020-2021.
SHSU also made our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $15,035 for texas it students per year to attend Sam Houston State University.
Full Sam Houston State University Information Technology Report
With a ranking of #8, University of Houston did quite well on the 2024 Best Value IT Schools in Texas list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s it degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $13,721 for Texas IT students per year to attend UH.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Information Technology at University of Houston
Strayer University - Texas did quite well in the 2024 Best Value IT Schools in Texas ranking, coming in at #9. Strayer University - Texas is located in Farmers Branch, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 ’s it degrees to qualified students.
Strayer University - Texas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Strayer University - Texas is $22,089 for texas it students.
Full Strayer University - Texas Information Technology Report
West Texas A&M University landed the #10 spot on the 2024 Best Value IT Schools in Texas ranking. Located in Canyon, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified ’s it students in 2020-2021.
West Texas A&M University also took the #13 spot in our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $15,033 for texas it students per year to attend West Texas A&M University.
Full West Texas A&M University Information Technology Report
Our Lady of the Lake University landed the #11 spot on the 2024 Best Value IT Schools in Texas ranking. Our Lady of the Lake University is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 18 ’s it degrees in 2020-2021.
OLLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Our Lady of the Lake University is $18,376 for texas it students.
Full OLLU Information Technology Report
University of Dallas did quite well in the 2024 Best Value IT Schools in Texas ranking, coming in at #12. University of Dallas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Irving, Texas. It awarded 66 ’s it degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our texas it students list, UD has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UD is $22,162 for texas it students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at University of Dallas
Southern Methodist University landed the #13 spot on the 2024 Best Value IT Schools in Texas ranking. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 5 ’s it degrees in 2020-2021.
SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Technology Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend SMU is $38,208 for texas it students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Information Technology at Southern Methodist 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
- *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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