2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Wisconsin

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Wisconsin” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Wisconsin, there were 792 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,463 and $26,752 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,134 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Wisconsin” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree it students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Wisconsin

1

Ottawa University - Milwaukee
Brookfield, Wisconsin

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, Ottawa University - Milwaukee landed the #1 spot on the list. Ottawa University - Milwaukee is a small school located in Brookfield, Wisconsin that handed out 19 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Ottawa University - Milwaukee Information Technology Report

2

Concordia University, Wisconsin
Mequon, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Wisconsin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Wisconsin list. This medium-sized school is located in Mequon, Wisconsin, and it awarded 8 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 Concordia University, Wisconsin Information Technology Report

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