Information Technology at Naval Postgraduate School

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

Naval Postgraduate School is located in Monterey, California and has a total student population of 2,866.

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.

Naval Postgraduate School Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at Naval Postgraduate School

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

Naval Postgraduate School Information Technology Rankings

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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in IT, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Naval Postgraduate School

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Naval Postgraduate School.

Naval Postgraduate School Information Technology Master’s Program

The IT program at Naval Postgraduate School awarded 41 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 88% of these degrees went to men with the other 12% going to women.

Of the students who received a IT master's degree from Naval Postgraduate School, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Information Technology

Information Technology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Naval Postgraduate School. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	204
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	35

Related Majors

• Information Science
• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

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 CA, the home state for Naval Postgraduate School.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer User Support Specialists	70,510	$66,350
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	36,900	$97,810

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.