Information Technology at George Washington University

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the it program at George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

GWU Information Technology Degrees Available

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

GWU Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of it master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

In the it master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	39
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Concentrations Within Information Technology

Information Technology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	162

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Data Processing
• Computer Information Systems
• Information Science
• Computer Software & Applications

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Computer User Support Specialists	4,110	$71,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,960	$99,920

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.