Information Technology at Loyola University Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,893. Of the 78 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago in 2021, 13 of them were information technology majors.

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.

Loyola Chicago Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Loyola Chicago

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Loyola Chicago Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Loyola Chicago 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 Loyola Chicago 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	15
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	21
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	26
	27
	29
Best Information Technology Schools	39
Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
	76
Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools	80
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	86
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	97
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	162
Best Value Information Technology Schools	165
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	247
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	251
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	498

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in IT from Loyola Chicago. This makes it the #86 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at Loyola Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IT from Loyola Chicago. About 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Loyola Chicago since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Loyola University Chicago with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Loyola Chicago Information Technology Master’s Program

The IT program at Loyola Chicago awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Loyola Chicago 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 IL, the home state for Loyola University Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Network Architects	5,310	$114,780

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.