2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Information Technology in California
2Colleges
743,175Bachelor's Degrees
$41,493Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Information Technology School for You
In 2021-2022, 743,175 bachelor's degrees were awarded to information technology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #115 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 5,415,716 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 13.7% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Information Technology in California ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in it. Note that the phrase 'best value' does not mean the absolute lowest-priced. For this ranking, we are identifying those it schools that provide their students with a hiqh quality education at a price that is lower than other colleges and universities of the same caliber.
Average cost figures start with estimating tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses. We then subtract the average amount of financial aid that a student receives. You can use this as a gauge to estimate how much you may need to pay out of pocket to cover costs when financial aid isn't enough. Keep in mind that the net cost for you may be higher or lower, depending on your income and other factors.
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 Value IT Schools list to help you make the college 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.
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Featured Information Technology Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
To stay competitive in today's information technology world, employees need to have training that goes beyond traditional computer programming and IT expertise.
Gain the specialized knowledge and critical-thinking skills required to begin a career in tech with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Our rankings recognize University of California - Santa Cruz as the #1 school in this year's rankings. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz. UC Santa Cruz not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Information Technology Schools in California list.
It takes about 4.4 years for the average student at UC Santa Cruz to complete their degree, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $41,493. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz is $180,495. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
National University earned the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at National University, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Information Technology Schools in California ranking.
The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Information Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.
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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In 2021-2022, 743,175 bachelor's degrees were awarded to information technology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #115 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 5,415,716 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 13.7% were from a college or university in the state.
