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2023 Most Popular Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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$77,189 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Master's Degree School for You

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

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for IT majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for information technology students working on their master’s degree. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

About 57% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 43% are male.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

Women make up 20% of the IT majors at the school.

Read full report on Information Technology at National University

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 25% of the IT majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Middlebury Institute is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Monterey.

About 81% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 19% are male.

Full Information Technology at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

Read full report on Information Technology at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Naval Postgraduate School came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey.

About 12% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 88% are male.

Read full report on Information Technology at Naval Postgraduate School

#7

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 15% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at University of San Diego Report

University of California - San Diego came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

About 18% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 82% are male.

Full Information Technology at University of California - San Diego Report

University of Southern California came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 28% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 72% are male.

Full Information Technology at University of Southern California Report

California Baptist University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree information technology programs. Located in the city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 32% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at California Baptist University Report

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,160
Washington 815
Oregon 140
Nevada 81
Hawaii 6
Alaska 16

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 20 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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