2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Information Technology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 28,174 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Alabama, there were 228 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

#1

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$17,812 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University at Montgomery landed the #1 spot on the list. Montgomery, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

AUM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University at Montgomery are $17,812.

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#2

Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$23,398 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tuskegee University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Tuskegee, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

Tuskegee not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tuskegee are $23,398, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at Tuskegee

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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