by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 Virginia, there were 1,738 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,411 and $24,154 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 461 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The it school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend ECPI University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 366 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at ECPI University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Old Dominion University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s. Old Dominion University is a large school located in Norfolk, Virginia that handed out 67 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Old Dominion University
Out of the 12 schools in the Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #3 spot on the list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Liberty University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferrum College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s. Located in Ferrum, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Ferrum College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Richmond. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s list. Located in University of Richmond, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at University of Richmond
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Randolph - Macon College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s. Randolph - Macon College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ashland, Virginia. It awarded 4 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at Randolph - Macon College
American National University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s ranking. Salem, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Full American National University Information Technology Report
Bluefield College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s ranking. Bluefield College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bluefield, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Radford University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s ranking. Radford University is a medium-sized school located in Radford, Virginia that handed out 1 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Technology at Radford University
With a ranking of #9, Shenandoah University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s list. Winchester, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Strayer University - Virginia ranked #11 on this year’s Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s list. Strayer University - Virginia is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 46 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Virginia Information Technology Report
Regent University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended IT Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s ranking. Regent is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Technology at Regent University
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