Ranked #26 in popularity, information technology is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 334 master's degrees in information technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to information technology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other information technology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for information technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information technology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information technology students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Information Technology in District of Columbia
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in information technology.
Top District of Columbia Schools for a Master's in IT
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in information technology needs to take a look at Georgetown University. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Master's recipients from the information technology degree program at Georgetown University earn $29,769 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in information technology has to take a look at George Washington University. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.
Information Technology master's degree recipients from George Washington University earn a boost of around $14,877 over the average income of information technology majors.
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).
