2023 Most Focused Colleges for Information Technology
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on IT Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 42,900 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In , information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $50,643 and had an average of $27,140 in loans still to pay off.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on IT Major” ranking, we looked at 907 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their information technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on IT Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for it students.
Top 25 Most Focused Colleges for Information Technology
Out of the 907 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Capitol Technology University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capitol Tech is a small school located in Laurel, Maryland that handed out 90 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 907 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbellsville University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Campbellsville, Kentucky, and it awarded 1,014 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morrison Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. Morrison Institute of Technology is located in Morrison, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 ’s it degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Neumont College of Computer Science. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major. Neumont is a small private for-profit school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 14 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 907 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Asher College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sacramento, California, and it awarded 154 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Dakota State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major ranking. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s it degrees to 178 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Laurus College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. This small school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 40 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #8, Hallmark University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. Hallmark is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 85 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Ottawa University - Milwaukee came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major ranking. Ottawa University - Milwaukee is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brookfield, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #11, Ottawa University - Kansas City did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. Located in Overland Park, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 59 diplomas to qualified ’s it students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
ECPI University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 734 diplomas to qualified ’s it students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major ranking. This small school is located in Monterey, California, and it awarded 70 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #14, Ottawa University - Phoenix did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 88 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Sans Technology Institute landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major ranking. North Bethesda, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s it degrees to 304 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #16, West Virginia Junior College - Bridgeport did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. West Virginia Junior College - Bridgeport is a private for-profit institution located in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Laurel Technical Institute ranked #17 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s it degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Kent State University at Trumbull ranked #18 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. Warren, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s it degrees to 34 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, University of the Cumberlands did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. This fairly large school is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, and it awarded 629 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Bellevue University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bellevue, Nebraska. It awarded 273 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #21, Wilmington University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Castle, Delaware. It awarded 305 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #22, Champlain College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s it degrees to 318 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Dallas came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major ranking. Located in Irving, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 76 diplomas to qualified ’s it students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Empire College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major ranking. Empire College is a private for-profit institution located in Santa Rosa, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major ranking. SIPI is a small school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 3 ’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
*Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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