2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in District of Columbia for an Associate

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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 District of Columbia, there were 473 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,604 and $28,425 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,168 and $25,412 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended IT Major in District of Columbia for an Associate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in information technology. To top this list, a school must have a successful information technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended IT Major in District of Columbia for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended IT Major in District of Columbia for an Associate”.

Top 4 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in District of Columbia

1

Strayer University - Global Region
Washington, District of Columbia

$48,720 Average Early-Career Earnings

$32,810 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Global Region. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended IT Major in District of Columbia for an Associate. Strayer University - Global Region is a private for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 40 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Information Technology at Strayer University - Global Region

2

Career Technical Institute
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended IT Major in District of Columbia for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Career Technical Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. Career Technical Institute is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 associates’s IT degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Information Technology at Career Technical Institute

3

Strayer University - District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

$48,720 Average Early-Career Earnings

$32,810 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended IT Major in District of Columbia for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - District of Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified associates’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Information Technology at Strayer University - District of Columbia

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University of the Potomac - Washington DC Campus
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Potomac - Washington DC Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended IT Major in District of Columbia for an Associate. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Full University of the Potomac - Washington DC Campus Information Technology Report

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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.