2021 Best Information Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California
2Colleges
211Bachelor's Degrees
$41,493Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Information Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Information Technology is the #115 most popular major in California with 211 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 2.1% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Information Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in it. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the information technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 IT Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Information Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California
The following schools top our list of the Best Information Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Information Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
National University has taken the #1 spot in this year's information technology ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. National University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Information Technology in California list.
The student loan default rate at National University is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. 11,960 students at National University are exclusively online. 8,705 of National University students are attending part time.
University of California - Santa Cruz comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UC Santa Cruz is a large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UC Santa Cruz has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Information Technology in California ranking.
About 1.3% of UC Santa Cruz students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,400 students at UC Santa Cruz that take at least one class online. About 837 of the students at UC Santa Cruz are attending part time.
Information Technology Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Information Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 2 schools only.
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 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).
Information Technology is the #115 most popular major in California with 211 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 2.1% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
