by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 South Carolina, there were 145 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,530 and $23,492 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 5 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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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 South Carolina” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in South Carolina”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Limestone College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in South Carolina list. Limestone College is a small school located in Gaffney, South Carolina that handed out 29 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in South Carolina. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Information Technology at Citadel Military College of South Carolina
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winthrop University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in South Carolina list. This medium-sized school is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Anderson University South Carolina landed the #2 spot on the list. Anderson University South Carolina is a small school located in Anderson, South Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Read more about Information Technology at Anderson University South Carolina
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Morris College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sumter, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
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