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by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Information Technology is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 42,900 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $50,643 and had an average of $27,140 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 317 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,749 and $28,475 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,479 and $43,848 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree it students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado. CCU is a medium-sized school located in Lakewood, Colorado that handed out 8 masters’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 masters’s it degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Colorado. MSU Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 13 masters’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
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