Information Technology at University of Alabama in Huntsville

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

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and has a total student population of 9,999.

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.

UAH Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

UAH Information Technology Rankings

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In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in IT from UAH. This makes it the #63 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at UAH

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

UAH Information Technology Master’s Program

The IT program at UAH awarded 27 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 89% of these degrees went to men with the other 11% going to women.

Of the students who received a IT master's degree from UAH, 89% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UAH also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a IT major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alabama in Huntsville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	27

Related Majors

• 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 in Huntsville.

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.