Information Technology at Florida International University

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Florida International University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 58,836 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 276 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from FIU.

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.

FIU Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at FIU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FIU offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

FIU Information Technology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at FIU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	20
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	64
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	72
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
	75
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	76
	102
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	107
Best Information Technology Schools	111
Best Value Information Technology Schools	117
	171
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	272

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in IT from FIU. This makes it the #76 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at FIU

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

FIU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 276 students earned a bachelor's degree in IT from FIU. About 16% of these graduates were women and the other 84% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 Florida International University with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	188
White	14
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

FIU Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 12 IT students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from FIU, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	0
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences

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 FL, the home state for Florida International University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Software Applications Developers	38,160	$95,610
Computer Systems Analysts	24,970	$85,050
Systems Software Developers	17,270	$102,590
Computer and Information Systems Managers	16,920	$129,540
Computer Network Architects	10,280	$91,180

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 Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.