Information Technology at Alcorn State University

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IT program at Alcorn State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Alcorn State is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and approximately 3,230 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from Alcorn State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Alcorn State Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Alcorn State Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Alcorn State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at Alcorn State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	587

IT Student Demographics at Alcorn State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Alcorn State University.

Alcorn State Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

The IT program at Alcorn State awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 83% of these degrees went to men with the other 17% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 62% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alcorn State University with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Alcorn State also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Alcorn State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Computer User Support Specialists	2,490	$46,670
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,270	$75,000
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,150	$100,300
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,020	$66,110

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jack E. Boucher under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.