2024 Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in information technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #54 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 36 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 862 bachelor's degrees in information technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Information Technology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The it bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to information technology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of information technology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt information technology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information technology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information technology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Information Technology in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in information technology.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in IT

1

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

101 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Cincinnati - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in information technology. UC is a very large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

2

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

29 Annual Graduates

$27,000 Median Student Debt

DePaul University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in information technology. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from DePaul University

3

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI

16 Annual Graduates

$66,140 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in information technology has to look into Michigan Technological University. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the information technology program at Michigan Technological University earn $16,179 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Michigan Technological University

4

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

64 Annual Graduates

Illinois State University is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in information technology. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Illinois State University

5

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

17 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Loyola University Chicago

6

Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MI

62 Annual Graduates

$52,927 Median Starting Salary

$28,892 Median Student Debt

Located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Information Technology bachelor's degree recipients from Davenport University get an earnings boost of about $2,966 over the average earnings of information technology majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Davenport University

7

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI

20 Annual Graduates

$55,898 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Ferris is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Big Rapids.

Bachelor's recipients from the information technology degree program at Ferris State University make $5,937 more than the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Ferris State University

8

Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN

$48,125 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue University Global is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Purdue University Global

9

University of Michigan - Dearborn
Dearborn, MI

8 Annual Graduates

UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Dearborn.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from University of Michigan - Dearborn

10

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI

52 Annual Graduates

$25,625 Median Student Debt

Eastern Michigan is a large public university located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Eastern Michigan University

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	294
Ohio	252	208
Illinois	241	190
Indiana	235	132
Wisconsin	213	34

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Information Technology Related Rankings by Major

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of Computer & Information Sciences programs to choose from.

IT Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security	626
Information Technology Project Management	63
Information Technology Management	40
Network & System Administration/Administrator	39
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster	34
Computer Support Specialist	34
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	26

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	6,058
Computer Science	4,453
Information Science	780
Computer Software & Applications	593
Computer Programming	371
Computer Systems Analysis	281
Computer Systems Networking	272
Other Computer & Information Sciences	60

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis. More about our data sources and methodologies.