Information Technology at Metropolitan State University of Denver

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

MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 19,086 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,153 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2021, 18 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.

MSU Denver Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

MSU Denver Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at MSU Denver 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 MSU Denver 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
	76
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	254

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in IT from MSU Denver. This makes it the #151 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at MSU Denver

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

MSU Denver Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IT from MSU Denver. 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 MSU Denver since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at MSU Denver are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MSU Denver Information Technology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 IT majors earned their master's degree from MSU Denver. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a IT master's degree from MSU Denver, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Computer Science

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 CO, the home state for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Computer Workers	16,440	$102,470
Computer User Support Specialists	14,390	$60,440
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,610	$84,170
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers	7,600	$164,220

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.