Information Technology at Mississippi State 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 Mississippi State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 22,986. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received their master's degree in IT.

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.

Mississippi State Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

Mississippi State Information Technology Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in IT, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Mississippi State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Mississippi State University.

Mississippi State Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a master's degree in Information Technology from Mississippi State in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a IT master's degree from Mississippi State, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Computer User Support Specialists	2,490	$46,670
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,270	$75,000
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,150	$100,300
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,020	$66,110

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.