Information Technology at Ferrum College

What traits are you looking for in a IT school? To help you decide if Ferrum College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IT program.

Ferrum College is located in Ferrum, Virginia and approximately 972 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from Ferrum College.

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.

Ferrum College Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Ferrum College Information Technology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at Ferrum College 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	25
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	174
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	662

IT Student Demographics at Ferrum College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Ferrum College.

Ferrum College Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 IT students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Ferrum College, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Ferrum College since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 Ferrum College with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for Ferrum College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Computer User Support Specialists	19,880	$58,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780

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 MarmadukePercy under License

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