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 “Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Indiana, there were 925 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,997 and $32,863 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 136 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,857 and $26,625 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s list. Purdue University Global is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 80 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Purdue University Global
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s list. Fort Wayne, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Fort Wayne. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s. PFW is a medium-sized school located in Fort Wayne, Indiana that handed out 22 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Technology at Purdue University Fort Wayne
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Taylor University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s list. Taylor U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Upland, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies landed the #5 spot on the list. Indiana Tech - CPS is located in Fort-Wayne, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.
Trine University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s list. Trine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Angola, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Read full report on Information Technology at Trine University
Anderson University Indiana came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended IT Major in Indiana for a Bachelor’s ranking. Anderson University Indiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Anderson, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Anderson University Indiana Information Technology Report
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