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. In 2021, 322 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from UMGC.

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMGC Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at UMGC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	61

In 2021, 808 students received their master’s degree in IT from UMGC. This makes it the #3 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMGC IT Graduates

The median salary of IT students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $62,028. This is 21% higher than $51,250, which is the national average for all IT bachelor's degree recipients.

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

The IT program at UMGC awarded 322 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at UMGC since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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	16
Black or African American	99
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	125
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

UMGC Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of IT master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 16% 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	53
Black or African American	299
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	244
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	123

UMGC 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
• 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.