Information Technology at Illinois State University

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Illinois State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and has a total student population of 20,720. Of the 4,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University in 2021, 64 of them were information technology majors.

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.

Illinois State Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Illinois State Information Technology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at Illinois 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	54
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	477

IT Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 IT students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Illinois State, about 86% were men and 14% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at Illinois State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	49
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Illinois 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 Systems Analysis
• Computer Systems Networking
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Science
• 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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,640	$86,290
Computer Network Support Specialists	9,940	$65,830

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 Willjay under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.