Information Technology at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 218 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from Towson.

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.

Towson Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Towson

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? Towson offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Towson Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Towson 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 Towson 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 Popular Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Value Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
	8
Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	9
Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	9
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	12
Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	13
	15
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	20
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	35
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	41
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	46
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
	70
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	72
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Best Information Technology Schools	108
Best Value Information Technology Schools	160

In 2021, 76 students received their master’s degree in IT from Towson. This makes it the #20 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in IT, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

The IT program at Towson awarded 218 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 74% of these degrees went to men with the other 26% going to 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 Towson University with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	85
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	72
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Towson Information Technology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 IT majors earned their master's degree from Towson. Of these graduates, 51% were men and 49% were women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	26
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Towson also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 12 students 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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Computer Systems Analysts	18,340	$97,720
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Software Applications Developers	12,780	$108,850
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.