by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 40,555 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. 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 Colorado, there were 328 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,763 and $36,239 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 162 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in information technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information technology.
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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 Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado. This large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 119 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #2 spot on the list. UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regis University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado. Located in Denver, Colorado, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Red Rocks Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Lakewood, Colorado, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
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