Information Technology at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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

SUNY Poly is located in Utica, New York and approximately 3,044 students attend the school each year. Of the 585 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 25 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.

SUNY Poly Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Poly

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

SUNY Poly Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at SUNY Poly 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 SUNY Poly 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	34
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	101
	125
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	129
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	254
Best Value Information Technology Schools	279
	357

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

Earnings of SUNY Poly IT Graduates

The median salary of IT students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Poly is $45,742. This is less than $51,250, which is the national average of all IT majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IT Student Demographics at SUNY Poly

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

SUNY Poly Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IT from SUNY Poly. About 92% were men and 8% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at SUNY Poly 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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SUNY Poly Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Information Technology from SUNY Poly in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a IT master's degree from SUNY Poly, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Polytechnic Institute with a master's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Information 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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

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 Bssasidhar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.