by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Alabama” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Alabama, there were 178 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,724 and $22,008 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $28,178 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 6 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Alabama” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama bachelor’s degree it students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia Southern University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Alabama. Located in Orange Beach, Alabama, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 63 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Alabama list. Herzing University - Birmingham is a small school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 1 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Tuskegee University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tuskegee, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Alabama. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Alabama list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Alabama Information Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama in Huntsville. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Alabama. This medium-sized school is located in Huntsville, Alabama, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Alabama. The University of Alabama is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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