2025 Best Information Technology Schools in North Carolina
4Colleges in North Carolina
203IT Degrees Awarded
$61,212Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in information technology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #42 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for information technology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 203 degrees in information technology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The it program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Information Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for information technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Technology Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Information Technology in North Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the it degree levels they offer.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in information technology. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #367 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNC Charlotte is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 information technology students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Campbell University if you want to pursue a degree in information technology. Campbell is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Buies Creek. A Best Colleges rank of #1496 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Campbell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 information technology students who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the it program earn an average of $54,232 in the first couple years of working.
Any student pursuing a degree in information technology needs to check out North Carolina A & T State University. NC A&T is a large public university located in the large city of Greensboro. This university ranks 51st out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 53 information technology students who graduated with this degree at NC A&T in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the information technology program at North Carolina A & T State University get $12,455 above the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Miller-Motte College Wilmington is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in information technology. MMC Wilmington is a small private for-profit college located in the midsize city of Wilmington. This college ranks 93rd out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 28 information technology students who graduated with this degree at MMC Wilmington in the most recent data year. After graduation, it degree recipients generally make around $34,521 in their early careers.
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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The it program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Information Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for information technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
