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. 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 Arizona” 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 Arizona, there were 1,775 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,167 and $30,954 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 255 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,087 and $27,181 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 6 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Arizona”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Advancing Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Arizona. University of Advancing Technology is a small school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 6 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Advancing Technology Information Technology Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #2 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 162 bachelors’s 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%.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Information Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Arizona list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 68 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, 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 86%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Arizona. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ottawa University - Phoenix. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Arizona. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 64 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Information Technology at Ottawa University - Phoenix
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 137 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at Grand Canyon University
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