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2023 Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

8 Colleges
$76,049 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

Information Technology is the #42 most popular major in the country with 40,555 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Technology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

Women make up 36% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at San Antonio is a great place for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 36% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Southwest Region . University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Of the 6 students majoring in IT at University of Arizona, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 33% are male.

Read full report on Information Technology at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Information Technology at Sam Houston State University

#6

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

With a ranking of #6, St. Mary’s University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Read full report on Information Technology at St. Mary’s University

Dallas Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Dallas, DBU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Information Technology at Dallas Baptist University Report

Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for information technology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Kingsville.

Read full report on Information Technology at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,208
Arizona 811
Oklahoma 53
New Mexico 36

One of 10 majors within the area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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