by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Information Technology is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 42,900 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $50,643 and had an average of $27,140 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 4,596 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,947 and $23,690 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in information technology. That schools that top this list have a program in information technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The it school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree it students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Tulsa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Tulsa is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 13 doctorate’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s it degrees to 28 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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