by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Florida” 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 Florida, there were 2,905 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,097 and $22,241 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 147 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 9 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree it students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology - Online landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida Institute of Technology - Online is a private not-for-profit institution located in Melbourne, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Florida Institute of Technology - Online Information Technology Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Leo University landed the #2 spot on the list. St. Leo University is located in Saint Leo, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Information Technology at St. Leo University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Florida landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this small private for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Strayer University - Florida
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tampa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida list. UT is a fairly large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 16 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Melbourne, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Nova Southeastern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida list. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 full report on Information Technology at Nova Southeastern University
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #7. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
Full Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Information Technology Report
With a ranking of #8, Florida International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Technology at Florida International University
The University of West Florida landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Florida ranking. The University of West Florida is a fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 3 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Technology at The University of West Florida
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