2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate

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 “Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate” 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 Connecticut, there were 85 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,691 and $13,474 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,377 and $19,767 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular information technology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut associate degree it students.

Top 5 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Connecticut

1

Capital Community College
Hartford, Connecticut

#18 overall quality in Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capital Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. Capital Community College is a small school located in Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 11 associates’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology at Capital Community College

2

Naugatuck Valley Community College
Waterbury, Connecticut

#22 overall quality in Connecticut

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Naugatuck Valley Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a small public school situated in Waterbury, Connecticut. It awarded 9 associates’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology at Naugatuck Valley Community College

3

Quinebaug Valley Community College
Danielson, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinebaug Valley Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate. Located in Danielson, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology at QVCC

4

Gateway Community College
New Haven, Connecticut

#13 overall quality in Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology at Gateway Community College

5

Norwalk Community College
Norwalk, Connecticut

#24 overall quality in Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwalk Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. Located in Norwalk, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology at Norwalk Community College

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in the New England Region
• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology

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.