Information Technology at California State University - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 26,745 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from Cal State LA.

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.

Cal State LA Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Cal State LA Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Cal State LA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at Cal State LA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	25
Most Focused Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	25
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	45
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	54
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	61
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	75
	77
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	79
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
	166
Best Value Information Technology Schools	204
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	220
Best Information Technology Schools	235
	252

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in IT from Cal State LA. This makes it the #45 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at Cal State LA

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

Cal State LA Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 IT majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cal State LA. Of these graduates, 91% were men and 9% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	11
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Cal State LA Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a master’s in IT from Cal State LA in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cal State LA also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Systems Analysts	67,950	$103,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500

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 Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.