2024 Best Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island
4Colleges in Rhode Island
91IT Degrees Awarded
$44,542Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in information technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #42 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 91 degrees in information technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of information technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Information Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Information Technology in Rhode Island
The schools below may not offer all types of it degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
New England Institute of Technology is a good option for students interested in a degree in information technology. Located in the large suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #465 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means New England Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 30 information technology students who graduated with this degree at New England Tech in the most recent data year. After graduation, it degree recipients usually earn an average of $44,542 at the beginning of their careers.
University of Rhode Island is a good decision for students interested in a degree in information technology. URI is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kingston. A Best Colleges rank of #320 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means URI is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 information technology students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available.
Community College of Rhode Island is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in information technology. CCRI is a large public college located in the small city of Warwick. This college ranks 8th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 14 information technology students who graduated with this degree at CCRI in the most recent data year.
Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a great option for students interested in a degree in information technology. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 6th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 17 information technology students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of information technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Information Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
