Information Technology at University of Detroit Mercy

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

Detroit Mercy is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 4,987.

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.

Detroit Mercy Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Detroit Mercy Information Technology Rankings

The it major at Detroit Mercy 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 Detroit Mercy

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

Detroit Mercy Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical it bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Detroit Mercy since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 University of Detroit Mercy with a bachelor's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Detroit Mercy Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of it master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

Of the students who received a it master's degree from Detroit Mercy, 69% 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 University of Detroit Mercy with a master's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a it major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Detroit Mercy. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	35

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Science
• Computer Programming

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 MI, the home state for University of Detroit Mercy.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Computer User Support Specialists	19,090	$50,640
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,480	$131,100
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	7,240	$77,580
Managers	6,370	$98,780

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 Pfretz13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.