Information Technology at Georgia Southwestern State University

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

GSW is located in Americus, Georgia and has a total student population of 3,162. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from GSW.

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.

GSW Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

GSW Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at GSW 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 GSW 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 Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	161
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	162
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
	203
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	207
Best Value Information Technology Schools	248
Best Information Technology Schools	278
	297
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	379
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	439

IT Student Demographics at GSW

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

GSW Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IT from GSW in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at GSW since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Georgia Southwestern State University with a bachelor's in IT.

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

GSW 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southwestern State 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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.