2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Idaho

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Idaho” 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 Idaho, there were 158 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,470 and $14,969 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,020 and $24,050 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information technology.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Idaho”.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Idaho”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Idaho

1

Lewis - Clark State College
Lewiston, Idaho

#8 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Idaho list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school situated in Lewiston, Idaho. It awarded 4 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Lewis - Clark State College Information Technology Report

2

Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

#6 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Idaho. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Full ISU Information Technology Report

3

University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

#3 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Idaho. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 6 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of Idaho

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.