by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 42,900 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. 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 Minnesota, there were 950 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,354 and $29,545 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 163 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,378 and $40,982 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Minnesota” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information technology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota master’s degree it students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Minnesota list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 28 masters’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Concordia University, Saint Paul Information Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Minnesota. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s it degrees to 17 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Minnesota list. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this fairly large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s it students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at St. Cloud State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Minnesota. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s it degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Technology at Minnesota State Mankato
Southwest Minnesota State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Minnesota ranking. Located in Marshall, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s it students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at Southwest Minnesota State University
Metropolitan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Minnesota ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 25 masters’s it degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at Metropolitan State University
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