Information Technology at University of Kansas

What traits are you looking for in a it school? To help you decide if University of Kansas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's it program.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744.

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.

KU Information Technology Degrees Available

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

KU Information Technology Rankings

The it major at KU 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 KU

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

KU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in it at KU 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 University of Kansas with a bachelor's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

KU Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of it master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% women graduate in it each year. KU does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 22% more women than average.

In the it master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Software Applications Developers	5,570	$85,380
Computer Systems Analysts	4,810	$78,520
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,010	$119,050
Systems Software Developers	1,870	$94,240
Computer Network Architects	1,600	$93,670

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 Arnhem under License

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