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2022 Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
372 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 28,174 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information technology programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Rio Grande Valley, the school also landed the #5 spot 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 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.

Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Information Technology Report

#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 Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 The University of Texas at San Antonio are $25,807.

Read more about Information Technology at UTSA

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 103 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot 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 Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. 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.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 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 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963.

Read full report on Information Technology at OSU

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree it students whose families make more than $110k list, Grand Canyon University has also earned the #2 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 Grand Canyon University are $11,436.

Read more about Information Technology at Grand Canyon University

#6 in overall quality

American InterContinental University - Online ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue IT Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. AIU Online is located in Schaumburg, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 74 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree it students whose families make more than $110k list, AIU Online has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at American InterContinental University - Online are $12,846, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full AIU Online Information Technology Report

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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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