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Information Technology
What you'll do in college
IT majors focus on the practical side of computing — networks, systems administration, databases, cloud infrastructure, and end-user support.
Coursework blends applied computer science with business and operations, covering topics like cybersecurity, scripting, virtualization, and IT service management. Programs emphasize hands-on labs and certifications (CompTIA, Cisco, AWS).
What you'll do after college
Grads go into roles like systems administrator, network engineer, help desk, cloud engineer, cybersecurity analyst, and IT project manager. Demand is broad across virtually every industry, since every organization runs on technology.
Pay is solid and grows quickly with experience and certifications, and the field offers clear paths into specialized areas like security, DevOps, or solutions architecture.
Selectivity vs. earnings
By acceptance rate
Acceptance rate · bar = degree-weighted earnings
By SAT median
Combined SAT composite median (submitters + non-submitters) · bar = degree-weighted earnings
Earnings by acceptance rate and institution category
Each dot = a college · y = degree-weighted earnings
Majors in this category
| Major | Colleges | Degrees ▼ | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | 550 | 24,149 | 71% / 29% | 7% | $91,160 | 96% |
| Information Technology | 244 | 8,784 | 76% / 24% | 5% | $88,654 | 96% |
| Information Science | 48 | 2,901 | 63% / 37% | 5% | $87,442 | 97% |
| Information Systems | 51 | 2,317 | 68% / 32% | 10% | $93,581 | 97% |
| Computer and Information Sciences | 63 | 1,643 | 75% / 25% | 10% | $96,064 | 96% |
| Computer Information Systems | 48 | 1,189 | 71% / 29% | 5% | $83,217 | 96% |
| Informatics | 36 | 740 | 64% / 36% | 7% | $91,932 | 96% |
| Business Information Technology | 1 | 610 | 66% / 34% | 7% | $121,034 | 98% |
| Computer and Information Science | 20 | 376 | 72% / 28% | 15% | $87,584 | 95% |
| Information Sciences | 9 | 366 | 72% / 28% | 13% | $99,344 | 96% |
| Information Technology Project Management | 7 | 310 | 63% / 37% | 11% | $92,807 | 94% |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 9 | 299 | 78% / 22% | 1% | $87,717 | 98% |
| Information Technology Management | 12 | 270 | 68% / 32% | 11% | $86,709 | 96% |
| Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst | 6 | 255 | 59% / 41% | 19% | $105,241 | 98% |
| Information Science and Technology | 4 | 225 | 78% / 22% | 3% | $83,284 | 96% |
| Information | 1 | 225 | 29% / 71% | 12% | $130,286 | 98% |
| Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management | 3 | 207 | 66% / 34% | 4% | $90,726 | 96% |
| Computer and Information Technology | 1 | 158 | 75% / 25% | 18% | $114,897 | 98% |
| Geographic Information Systems | 7 | 150 | 69% / 31% | 10% | $73,458 | 92% |
| Information Management and Technology | 1 | 143 | 68% / 32% | 8% | $112,425 | 96% |
| Applied Computing | 3 | 141 | 67% / 33% | 10% | $92,793 | 96% |
| Information Systems and Technology | 2 | 134 | 49% / 51% | 16% | $132,538 | 97% |
| Telecommunication | 1 | 127 | 39% / 61% | 1% | $64,578 | 94% |
| Technology Management | 6 | 120 | 80% / 20% | 2% | $84,140 | 96% |
| Technology and Information Management | 1 | 118 | 72% / 28% | 8% | $95,818 | 97% |
| Information Management | 1 | 108 | 35% / 65% | 12% | $111,956 | 94% |
| Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician | 3 | 97 | 68% / 32% | 2% | $75,559 | 96% |
| Management Information Systems | 7 | 94 | 73% / 27% | 9% | $85,451 | 96% |
| Computer Information Technology | 1 | 84 | 75% / 25% | 1% | $91,277 | 95% |
| Computer Engineering Technology/Technician | 7 | 81 | 85% / 15% | 10% | $81,521 | 99% |
| Web and Mobile Computing | 1 | 78 | 92% / 8% | 4% | $95,382 | 99% |
| Computer Information Science | 3 | 74 | 66% / 34% | 23% | $85,202 | 93% |
| Information Science and Data Analytics | 1 | 68 | 62% / 38% | 1% | $109,942 | |
| Network Administration | 13 | 66 | 94% / 6% | 6% | $82,723 | 97% |
| Information Communication Technology | 1 | 66 | 76% / 24% | 6% | $76,892 | 100% |
| Network Engineering | 4 | 63 | 90% / 10% | 3% | $91,603 | 96% |
| Information Sciences and Technology | 6 | 62 | 79% / 21% | 5% | $102,086 | 98% |
| Information Networking and Telecommunications | 1 | 62 | 71% / 29% | 2% | $78,600 | 95% |
| Digital Information | 1 | 61 | 36% / 64% | 0% | $72,386 | 95% |
| Telecommunications | 1 | 59 | 63% / 37% | 8% | $53,071 | 97% |
| Computer Science with Business Applications | 1 | 58 | 60% / 40% | 2% | $100,556 | 90% |
| Computer Systems Technology | 3 | 57 | 91% / 9% | 11% | $100,250 | 96% |
| Computing and Informatics | 1 | 50 | 84% / 16% | 4% | $72,837 | |
| Information Systems, Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence for Business | 1 | 50 | 62% / 38% | 12% | $109,389 | |
| Business Analytics and Information Systems | 2 | 49 | 51% / 49% | 33% | $95,694 | 91% |
| Computer Information Sciences | 4 | 48 | 42% / 58% | 2% | $83,284 | |
| Business Information Management | 1 | 48 | 60% / 40% | 27% | $96,043 | 92% |
| System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management | 1 | 47 | 91% / 9% | 4% | $107,671 | |
| Computer Systems Analysis | 11 | 42 | 81% / 19% | 12% | $87,043 | 96% |
| Management of Information | 1 | 41 | 73% / 27% | 2% | $57,792 | 94% |
| Information Science/Studies | 1 | 40 | 75% / 25% | 5% | $107,679 | 96% |
| Information Systems Management | 3 | 38 | 63% / 37% | 5% | $92,726 | 94% |
| Information Technology and Management | 1 | 37 | 73% / 27% | 14% | $107,749 | 94% |
| Computer Software Technology/Technician | 3 | 36 | 67% / 33% | 33% | $78,712 | 97% |
| Communication Technology | 1 | 34 | 59% / 41% | 0% | $50,120 | 99% |
| Computer Systems Administration | 1 | 34 | 71% / 29% | 0% | $79,831 | 100% |
| Communications Technology | 4 | 29 | 55% / 45% | 0% | $61,352 | 89% |
| Software Engineering Technology | 1 | 28 | 93% / 7% | 4% | $104,268 | 92% |
| Information Systems and Informatics | 1 | 27 | 78% / 22% | 4% | $74,703 | |
| Network and System Administration/Administrator | 2 | 26 | 88% / 12% | 0% | $86,296 | |
| Information Technology and Web Science | 1 | 26 | 69% / 31% | 12% | $136,458 | 93% |
| Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration | 5 | 25 | 72% / 28% | 16% | $96,268 | 88% |
| Database Administration | 3 | 25 | 72% / 28% | 4% | $77,577 | 97% |
| Office Administration Technology | 1 | 25 | 48% / 52% | 0% | $63,238 | |
| Human-Centered Computing | 1 | 23 | 43% / 57% | 0% | $95,382 | 99% |
| Computer Electronics Engineering Technology | 1 | 20 | 90% / 10% | 0% | $58,287 | 100% |
| Integrated IT | 1 | 20 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $97,677 | |
| Computer Networking | 2 | 19 | 89% / 11% | 5% | $83,944 | |
| Network Systems Administration | 1 | 15 | 93% / 7% | 0% | $87,242 | 98% |
| IT Project Management | 2 | 13 | 54% / 46% | 0% | $81,244 | 93% |
| Data Science | 1 | 13 | 77% / 23% | 54% | $95,279 | |
| Applied Data and Information Science | 1 | 11 | 73% / 27% | 0% | $85,602 | |
| Network Technology | 1 | 11 | 91% / 9% | 0% | $71,723 | |
| Computer Programming, Vendor/Product Certification | 2 | 10 | 70% / 30% | 0% | $83,102 | |
| Information Systems + Analytics | 1 | 10 | 100% / 0% | 40% | $81,034 | 100% |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration | 2 | 9 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $88,966 | 100% |
| Office Technology | 1 | 9 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $75,379 | |
| Cloud Computing | 2 | 8 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $84,688 | |
| Business Technology & Analytics | 1 | 8 | 88% / 12% | 100% | $106,068 | |
| Computer and Data Science | 1 | 8 | 62% / 38% | 75% | $142,560 | 95% |
| Computer/Computer Systems Technology/Technician | 1 | 8 | 75% / 25% | 12% | $90,401 | |
| Cybersecurity and Applied Computer Science | 1 | 8 | 62% / 38% | 0% | $74,114 | |
| Networking and Telecommunications | 2 | 7 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $92,800 | 100% |
| Telecommunications Technology | 2 | 7 | 86% / 14% | 0% | $89,985 | 100% |
| Computer Network Engineering Technology | 1 | 7 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $90,664 | 100% |
| Transdisciplinary Information Technology Systems and Services | 1 | 7 | 57% / 43% | 0% | $65,416 | |
| Web Management | 1 | 6 | 83% / 17% | 0% | $77,912 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | 1 | 5 | 40% / 60% | 0% | $139,365 | |
| Esports Management | 1 | 5 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $65,830 | 95% |
| Computer Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain | 1 | 4 | 25% / 75% | 25% | $76,581 | 100% |
| IT Management | 1 | 4 | 75% / 25% | 0% | $106,243 | 100% |
| Network Management | 1 | 4 | 75% / 25% | 0% | $61,115 | |
| Data Processing | 3 | 3 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $96,128 | |
| Computer Information Systems Technology | 1 | 3 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $98,481 | |
| Computer Science and Information Systems | 1 | 3 | 100% / 0% | 33% | $93,203 | |
| IT Support Management | 1 | 3 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $70,357 | |
| Industrial Technology | 1 | 3 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $108,972 | |
| Computer Systems | 1 | 2 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $93,830 | |
| Computer Management and Information Systems | 1 | 1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $88,630 | 98% |
| Information Systems (Technology Management) | 1 | 1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $85,949 | 94% |
| Data Modeling and Warehousing | 4 | 0 | $89,012 | |||
| Network and System Administration | 3 | 0 | $82,737 | |||
| Business Information Systems | 1 | 0 | $108,812 | 100% | ||
| Computer Support Specialist | 1 | 0 | $132,150 | 97% | ||
| Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology | 1 | 0 | $74,484 | |||
| Digital Technology | 1 | 0 | $101,635 |