Information Technology at Montclair State University

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

Montclair State is located in Montclair, New Jersey and approximately 21,005 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 70 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from Montclair State.

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.

Montclair State Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Montclair State Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Montclair State 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 Montclair State 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 Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	57
	79
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	89
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	91
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	100
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Best Information Technology Schools	131
	136
Best Value Information Technology Schools	147
	218
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	300

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in IT from Montclair State. This makes it the #91 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at Montclair State

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

Montclair State Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 70 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IT from Montclair State in 2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Montclair State University with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Montclair State Information Technology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in IT from Montclair State. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

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

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

Montclair State 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 NJ, the home state for Montclair State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Software Applications Developers	46,930	$107,640
Computer and Information Systems Managers	14,280	$176,690
Computer Systems Analysts	13,710	$107,540
Systems Software Developers	8,960	$123,370
Computer Network Architects	5,160	$124,310

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 Yurinator180 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.