Information Technology at Marist College

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

Marist is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 6,600 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from Marist.

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.

Marist Information Technology Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at Marist

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Marist does offer online education options in IT for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Marist Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how Marist performed in these rankings.

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 Marist 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	108
Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	117
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	322
Best Value Information Technology Schools	398

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in IT from Marist. This is the #199 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at Marist

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

Marist Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IT from Marist in 2021, 72% were men and 28% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Marist since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at Marist 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 Marist College with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Computer Programming
• 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 NY, the home state for Marist College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer User Support Specialists	45,190	$60,160
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200

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 Bpg00765 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.