Information Technology at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526.

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.

UMGC Information Technology Degrees Available

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

UMGC Information Technology Rankings

The it major at UMGC 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 UMGC

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

UMGC Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical it bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at UMGC since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	110
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	110
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

UMGC Information Technology Master’s Program

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

In the it master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	70
Black or African American	366
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	220
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	106

Concentrations Within Information Technology

The following it concentations are available at University of Maryland Global Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland Global Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	1,279

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Information Science

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 University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	16,220	$108,190
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer User Support Specialists	10,620	$54,880
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870

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 M Chambers under License

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