Information Technology at University of Alabama at Birmingham

What traits are you looking for in a IT school? To help you decide if University of Alabama at Birmingham is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IT program.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 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.

UAB Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

UAB Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Information Technology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students graduated with a master's degree in IT from UAB. About 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Information Technology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	24

Related Majors

• Information 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Computer User Support Specialists	5,920	$49,120
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	3,850	$76,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,200	$126,300
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Computer Workers	1,920	$87,060

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.