Information Technology at University of Maine at Augusta

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 University of Maine at Augusta stacks up to those at other schools.

UMA is located in Augusta, Maine and has a total student population of 4,202. Of the 418 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maine at Augusta in 2021, 28 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.

UMA Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at UMA

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? UMA offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMA Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how UMA performed in these rankings.

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 UMA 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	13
Most Popular Online Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools	35
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	120
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	198
Most Popular Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools	237
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	279
Most Focused Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	365
Most Popular Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	365
	413

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

IT Student Demographics at UMA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at University of Maine at Augusta.

UMA Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from UMA in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at UMA since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at UMA 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 Maine at Augusta with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine at Augusta.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Computer User Support Specialists	2,060	$51,930
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,350	$124,130
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,130	$76,780
Computer Workers	890	$79,790

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.