Information Technology at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year.

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.

Georgia State Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

Georgia State Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Information Technology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a master's degree in IT from Georgia State. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Information Technology

The following IT concentations are available at Georgia State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Georgia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	10

Related Majors

• Computer Science
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Computer User Support Specialists	22,090	$53,090
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	10,040	$86,910

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.