Best colleges for Information Technology

Ranked by median Information Technology graduate earnings (~10 years after entry) from College Scorecard’s field-of-study data — the financial outcome for that specific field, not a prestige ranking. Source-cited; model your own odds and net price at each.

#	College	Location	Information Technology earnings	Net price	Accept.
1	Penn	Philadelphia, PA	$138,932	$28,699	5%
2	Rice	Houston, TX	$129,481	$13,370	8%
3	Yale	New Haven, CT	$122,038	$23,777	4%
4	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, CA	$120,462	$16,665	31%
5	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	$110,878	$12,548	9%
6	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	$108,649	$18,809	6%
7	MIT	Cambridge, MA	$94,408	$20,111	5%
8	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	$94,408	$23,149	7%
9	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, PA	$94,408	$31,944	12%
10	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	$94,281	$13,138	16%
11	UVA	Charlottesville, VA	$92,077	$21,565	17%
12	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	$91,152	$12,116	14%
13	Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	$89,968	$26,780	11%
14	Northeastern	Boston, MA	$89,413	$30,915	5%
15	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, NY	$89,006	$34,906	67%
16	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	$88,678	$24,953	55%
17	RPI	Troy, NY	$87,532	$36,228	63%
18	Wellesley	Wellesley, MA	$86,867	$25,496	14%
19	Pace University	New York, NY	$85,760	$30,892	76%
20	Maryland	College Park, MD	$84,653	$15,678	45%
21	Northwestern	Evanston, IL	$83,546	$29,167	8%
22	Cornell	Ithaca, NY	$82,641	$28,690	9%
23	Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	$81,812	$36,931	26%
24	UC Davis	Davis, CA	$81,609	$14,741	42%
25	Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	$81,498	$40,766	29%
26	NYU	New York, NY	$79,957	$37,050	9%
27	UT Austin	Austin, TX	$79,558	$19,857	27%
28	Florida	Gainesville, FL	$79,037	$6,541	24%
29	University of Florida-Online	Gainesville, FL	$79,037	$4,815	61%
30	Penn State	University Park, PA	$78,244	$32,875	61%
31	Trinity University	San Antonio, TX	$77,213	$23,464	26%
32	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	$77,024	$21,315	57%
33	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	$76,460	$41,704	16%
34	Oberlin	Oberlin, OH	$76,460	$38,645	34%
35	Union College	Schenectady, NY	$76,460	$34,561	44%
36	BYU	Provo, UT	$76,460	$15,564	68%
37	Wayne State University	Detroit, MI	$76,460	$12,766	81%
38	Stony Brook	Stony Brook, NY	$76,170	$18,784	49%
39	Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	$75,291	$19,680	85%
40	Wisconsin	Madison, WI	$75,282	$17,354	45%
41	Salisbury University	Salisbury, MD	$74,576	$17,743	87%
42	Bentley University	Waltham, MA	$74,200	$37,930	45%
43	Richmond	University of Richmond, VA	$74,157	$31,309	22%
44	GW	Washington, DC	$73,949	$36,586	47%
45	Marist University	Poughkeepsie, NY	$73,769	$41,544	57%
46	Ramapo College of New Jersey	Mahwah, NJ	$73,635	$18,173	71%
47	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, TX	$73,562	$19,070	73%
48	Truman State University	Kirksville, MO	$73,530	$12,780	84%
49	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Fort Collins, CO	$73,070	$21,279	89%
50	Simpson College	Indianola, IA	$73,041	$21,936	86%

Quick answers

How are the best colleges for Information Technology ranked?: By the median earnings of Information Technology graduates ~10 years after entry, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard field-of-study data. It measures financial outcomes for that specific field at each school — not overall prestige or how hard it is to get in.
Does a higher rank mean the program is better, or easier to enter?: Neither on its own. It means graduates of that field tend to earn more — which reflects the field, the school, and who enrolls. Admission difficulty is separate: use each school's acceptance rate here, then run your personalized odds. Earnings also lag ~2 years and cover federally-aided graduates.
Why isn't every college listed?: We only rank schools where College Scorecard reports field-of-study earnings for Information Technology among the school's programs, so coverage grows as more institutions report. A missing school isn't a judgment — we just don't have verified Information Technology earnings for it yet.

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Earnings are field-of-study medians from College Scorecard and lag ~2 years; they cover federally-aided graduates, not every student, and are not a guarantee of individual outcomes.

These outputs are estimates from a baseline model — not guarantees of admission, cost, or outcome.

Best colleges for Information Technology

#	College	Location	Information Technology earnings	Net price	Accept.
1	Penn	Philadelphia, PA	$138,932	$28,699	5%
2	Rice	Houston, TX	$129,481	$13,370	8%
3	Yale	New Haven, CT	$122,038	$23,777	4%
4	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, CA	$120,462	$16,665	31%
5	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	$110,878	$12,548	9%
6	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	$108,649	$18,809	6%
7	MIT	Cambridge, MA	$94,408	$20,111	5%
8	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	$94,408	$23,149	7%
9	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, PA	$94,408	$31,944	12%
10	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	$94,281	$13,138	16%
11	UVA	Charlottesville, VA	$92,077	$21,565	17%
12	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	$91,152	$12,116	14%
13	Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	$89,968	$26,780	11%
14	Northeastern	Boston, MA	$89,413	$30,915	5%
15	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, NY	$89,006	$34,906	67%
16	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	$88,678	$24,953	55%
17	RPI	Troy, NY	$87,532	$36,228	63%
18	Wellesley	Wellesley, MA	$86,867	$25,496	14%
19	Pace University	New York, NY	$85,760	$30,892	76%
20	Maryland	College Park, MD	$84,653	$15,678	45%
21	Northwestern	Evanston, IL	$83,546	$29,167	8%
22	Cornell	Ithaca, NY	$82,641	$28,690	9%
23	Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	$81,812	$36,931	26%
24	UC Davis	Davis, CA	$81,609	$14,741	42%
25	Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	$81,498	$40,766	29%
26	NYU	New York, NY	$79,957	$37,050	9%
27	UT Austin	Austin, TX	$79,558	$19,857	27%
28	Florida	Gainesville, FL	$79,037	$6,541	24%
29	University of Florida-Online	Gainesville, FL	$79,037	$4,815	61%
30	Penn State	University Park, PA	$78,244	$32,875	61%
31	Trinity University	San Antonio, TX	$77,213	$23,464	26%
32	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	$77,024	$21,315	57%
33	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	$76,460	$41,704	16%
34	Oberlin	Oberlin, OH	$76,460	$38,645	34%
35	Union College	Schenectady, NY	$76,460	$34,561	44%
36	BYU	Provo, UT	$76,460	$15,564	68%
37	Wayne State University	Detroit, MI	$76,460	$12,766	81%
38	Stony Brook	Stony Brook, NY	$76,170	$18,784	49%
39	Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	$75,291	$19,680	85%
40	Wisconsin	Madison, WI	$75,282	$17,354	45%
41	Salisbury University	Salisbury, MD	$74,576	$17,743	87%
42	Bentley University	Waltham, MA	$74,200	$37,930	45%
43	Richmond	University of Richmond, VA	$74,157	$31,309	22%
44	GW	Washington, DC	$73,949	$36,586	47%
45	Marist University	Poughkeepsie, NY	$73,769	$41,544	57%
46	Ramapo College of New Jersey	Mahwah, NJ	$73,635	$18,173	71%
47	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, TX	$73,562	$19,070	73%
48	Truman State University	Kirksville, MO	$73,530	$12,780	84%
49	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Fort Collins, CO	$73,070	$21,279	89%
50	Simpson College	Indianola, IA	$73,041	$21,936	86%

Quick answers

How are the best colleges for Information Technology ranked?

By the median earnings of Information Technology graduates ~10 years after entry, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard field-of-study data. It measures financial outcomes for that specific field at each school — not overall prestige or how hard it is to get in.

Does a higher rank mean the program is better, or easier to enter?

Neither on its own. It means graduates of that field tend to earn more — which reflects the field, the school, and who enrolls. Admission difficulty is separate: use each school's acceptance rate here, then run your personalized odds. Earnings also lag ~2 years and cover federally-aided graduates.

Why isn't every college listed?

We only rank schools where College Scorecard reports field-of-study earnings for Information Technology among the school's programs, so coverage grows as more institutions report. A missing school isn't a judgment — we just don't have verified Information Technology earnings for it yet.

Earnings are field-of-study medians from College Scorecard and lag ~2 years; they cover federally-aided graduates, not every student, and are not a guarantee of individual outcomes.

These outputs are estimates from a baseline model — not guarantees of admission, cost, or outcome.