Information Technology at Excelsior College

What traits are you looking for in a IT school? To help you decide if Excelsior College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IT program.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974. In 2021, 9 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from Excelsior College.

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.

Excelsior College Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Excelsior College does offer online education options in IT for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how Excelsior College performed in these rankings.

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 Excelsior College 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 Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools	127
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	198
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	198
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	215
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	576
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	881

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in IT from Excelsior College. This is the #199 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at Excelsior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Excelsior College.

Excelsior College Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IT from Excelsior College. About 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Excelsior College since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at Excelsior College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Excelsior College with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 Excelsior College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	9

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• 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 NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer User Support Specialists	45,190	$60,160
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.