by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Jersey” ranking.
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 New Jersey, there were 228 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,280 and $24,477 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Jersey” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree it students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Berkeley College - Woodland Park landed the #1 spot on the list. Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a small school located in Woodland Park, New Jersey that handed out 17 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Technology at Berkeley College - Woodland Park
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Felician University landed the #2 spot on the list. Felician University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lodi, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, 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 93%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Peter’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Jersey. Saint Peter’s University is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Information Technology at Saint Peter’s College
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