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2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
372 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value IT Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 the Southwest region, there were 2,944 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 372 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.

Read more about Information Technology at UT Rio Grande Valley

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 35 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807.

Full UTSA Information Technology Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 103 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree it students whose families make $48-$75k list, University of Arizona has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

Full University of Arizona Information Technology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Information Technology at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #5 spot on the list. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 194 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436.

Read full report on Information Technology at Grand Canyon University

#6 in overall quality

American InterContinental University - Online came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. American InterContinental University - Online is a private for-profit institution located in Schaumburg, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 74 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AIU Online, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at AIU Online are $12,846, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Technology at AIU Online

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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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