2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Ohio

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Ohio” 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 Ohio, there were 1,118 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,948 and $24,978 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. That schools that top this list have a program in information technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Ohio

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

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Ohio

1

Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Ohio. This small school is located in Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and it awarded 10 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Information Technology at Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management

2

The University of Findlay
Findlay, Ohio

#14 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Findlay. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Ohio list. This small school is located in Findlay, Ohio, and it awarded 6 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Findlay Information Technology Report

3

Wright State University - Main Campus
Dayton, Ohio

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 4 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Wright State University - Main Campus Information Technology Report

4

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

#18 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Toledo. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Ohio list. This fairly large school is located in Toledo, Ohio, and it awarded 0 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of Toledo

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in the Great Lakes Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology

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.