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

7 Colleges
$76,049 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Technology program at each school on the list.

Check out the IT graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our analysis found Naval Postgraduate School to be the most popular school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the suburb of Monterey.

Women make up 18% of the IT majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Far Western US Region . Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Portland.

About 13% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 88% are male.

Full Information Technology at Portland State University Report

#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

Out of the 7 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Lutheran University landed the # 4 spot on the list. CLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Thousand Oaks.

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#5

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Loyola Marymount University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Far Western US Region . Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Full Information Technology at Loyola Marymount University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit college with a small 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 7 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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