Information Technology at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744. Of the 118 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Kansas in 2021, 24 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.

KU Information Technology Degrees Available

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

KU Information Technology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at KU 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
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Focused Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	25
Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	25
	26
	27
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	30
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Information Technology Schools	49
	71
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	94
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	104
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Best Value Information Technology Schools	151
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	201
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	239
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	501

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in IT from KU. This makes it the #94 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IT from KU in 2021, 79% were men and 21% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at KU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Kansas with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

KU Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 6 IT students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from KU, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Software Applications Developers	5,570	$85,380
Computer Systems Analysts	4,810	$78,520
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,010	$119,050
Systems Software Developers	1,870	$94,240
Computer Network Architects	1,600	$93,670

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.