Information Technology at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917.

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.

Towson Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Towson

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? Towson offers distance education options for it at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Towson Information Technology Rankings

The it major at Towson 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in it, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Towson University with a bachelor's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	77
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	56
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Towson Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of it master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

In the it master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Computer Systems Analysts	18,340	$97,720
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Software Applications Developers	12,780	$108,850
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720

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 Amouzone under License

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