Information Technology at Metropolitan State University

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Metropolitan State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 students attend the school each year.

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.

Metro State Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Metro State

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.

Metro State does offer online education options in it for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Metro State Information Technology Rankings

The it major at Metro 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.

IT Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical it bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 with a bachelor's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Metro State Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of it master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

In the it master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Software Applications Developers	19,970	$96,750
Computer Systems Analysts	18,710	$92,920
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,510	$143,300
Systems Software Developers	6,460	$110,460
Computer Network Architects	3,150	$110,330

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 Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.