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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 2,741 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,005 and $26,446 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 136 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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

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

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Georgia

1

Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia

$56,213 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 57 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 SCAD Information Technology Report

2

Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia

#13 overall quality in Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augusta University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia. This medium-sized school is located in Augusta, Georgia, and it awarded 17 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

Read full report on Information Technology at Augusta University

3

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia

#1 overall quality in Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 47 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Information Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

4

Strayer University - Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

$86,262 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia list. Strayer University - Georgia is a private for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Strayer University - Georgia Information Technology Report

5

Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

#4 overall quality in Georgia

$71,795 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Full Georgia State University Information Technology Report

6

Mercer University
Macon, Georgia

#14 overall quality in Georgia

Mercer University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Georgia ranking. Mercer University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Macon, Georgia. It awarded 1 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

Read full report on Information Technology at Mercer University

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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.