2024 Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

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 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 303 bachelor's degrees in information technology to qualified students.

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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 full 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

Top Minnesota Schools for a Bachelor's in IT

1

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

107 Annual Graduates

$78,621 Median Starting Salary

$43,435 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat Capella University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in information technology. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those information technology students who get their bachelor's degree from Capella University earn $26,858 more than the typical it graduate.

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

2

Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, MN

141 Annual Graduates

$54,472 Median Starting Salary

$25,250 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat Saint Cloud State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in information technology. St. Cloud State University is a large public university located in the city of Saint Cloud.

Bachelor's recipients from the information technology major at Saint Cloud State University make $2,709 above the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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

3

Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN

31 Annual Graduates

$52,103 Median Starting Salary

$42,396 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in information technology needs to take a look at Metropolitan State University. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the it program report average early career income of $52,103.

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

4

Concordia University, Saint Paul
Saint Paul, MN

19 Annual Graduates

$57,304 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Concordia University, Saint Paul if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in information technology. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Paul.

Information Technology bachelor's degree recipients from Concordia University, Saint Paul receive an earnings boost of approximately $5,541 over the average income of information technology graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Concordia University, Saint Paul

Best Information Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Information Technology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	98
Iowa	197	18
Kansas	184	50
Nebraska	180	289
North Dakota	149	9
South Dakota	148	114

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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	241
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	25
Information Technology Management	19
Information Technology Project Management	18

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	1,117
Computer Information Systems	325
Computer Systems Analysis	145
Information Science	104
Computer Systems Networking	98
Computer Programming	22
Data Processing	14
Computer Software & Applications	12

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.