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Information Technology at University of Massachusetts - Boston

Information Technology at University of Massachusetts - Boston

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what University of Massachusetts - Boston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 16,259 students attend the school each year.

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.

UMass Boston Information Technology Degrees Available

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

UMass Boston Information Technology Rankings

The it major at UMass Boston 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 UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

22% Women
66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 78% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in it.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 32
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 20
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

UMass Boston Information Technology Master’s Program

41% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of it master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers 29,110 $109,130
Systems Software Developers 25,540 $117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,820 $156,620
Computer Systems Analysts 14,790 $94,510
Computer Network Architects 6,000 $121,700

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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