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2023 Most Popular Information Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region

25 Colleges
$49,416 Avg Salary
$21,765 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Technology School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, information technology was ranked #28 in the country. In fact 10,754 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Information Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Information Technology Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Naval Postgraduate School the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for information technology students. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Monterey.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Information Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is a great place for information technology students. Located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Information Technology at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus Report

The excellent programs at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in the Far Western US Region . Middlebury Institute is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for information technology students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for information technology students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Full Information Technology at University of San Diego Report

With a ranking of #8, University of California - San Diego did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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University of Southern California ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Information Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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

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Best Information Technology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 547
Washington 197
Oregon 12
Nevada 44

One of 9 majors within the area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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