Information Technology at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from GaSou.

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.

GaSou Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GaSou

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GaSou does offer online courses in IT for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GaSou Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at GaSou 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 GaSou 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
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
	48
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	53
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	58
Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	94
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	101
	101
Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools	109
Best Information Technology Schools	145
Best Value Information Technology Schools	149
	163
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	281
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	403
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	577

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in IT from GaSou. This makes it the #94 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

The IT program at GaSou awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at GaSou 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in IT.

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

GaSou Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in IT from GaSou in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GaSou 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Software Applications Developers	30,440	$105,240
Computer Systems Analysts	19,160	$91,060
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Systems Software Developers	12,910	$105,100
Computer Network Architects	5,390	$114,240

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.