Information Technology at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,380. Of the 119 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2021, 21 of them were information technology majors.

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.

UCCS Information Technology Degrees Available

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

UCCS Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how UCCS performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at UCCS 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
	4
Best Value Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
	80
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	135
	276
Best Information Technology Schools	297
Best Value Information Technology Schools	310
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	332
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	612

IT Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 IT majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCCS. Of these graduates, 86% were men and 14% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at UCCS are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UCCS also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Technology

Information Technology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	22

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Computer Workers	16,440	$102,470
Computer User Support Specialists	14,390	$60,440
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,610	$84,170
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers	7,600	$164,220

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.