Information Technology at Metropolitan State University

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IT program at Metropolitan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 7,552. Of the 1,934 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University in 2021, 31 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.

Metro State Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at Metro State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Metro State offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

Metro State Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Metro State 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	33
Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	57
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	420

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

Earnings of Metro State IT Graduates

The median salary of IT students who receive their bachelor's degree at Metro State is $52,103. This is 2% higher than $51,250, which is the national average for all IT bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 31 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Metro State in 2020-2021, 74% were men and 26% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at Metro State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Metro 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 Programming
• Computer Software & Applications
• Information Science
• Computer Information Systems
• 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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Computer User Support Specialists	12,910	$55,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,510	$143,300
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	7,610	$85,620
Computer Workers	6,200	$81,650

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.