Information Technology at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526. In 2021, 322 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from UMGC.

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.

UMGC Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

UMGC does offer online education options in IT for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMGC Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at UMGC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UMGC 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 Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	3
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	4
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools	6
Most Focused Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	7
	11
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	11
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	12
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	13
	17
	38
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	61
Best Information Technology Schools	67
Best Value Information Technology Schools	77
	114

In 2021, 808 students received their master’s degree in IT from UMGC. This makes it the #3 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMGC IT Graduates

The median salary of IT students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $62,028. This is 21% higher than $51,250, which is the national average for all IT bachelor's degree recipients.

IT Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 322 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IT from UMGC in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at UMGC since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	99
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	125
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

UMGC Information Technology Master’s Program

The IT program at UMGC awarded 808 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 72% of these degrees went to men with the other 28% going to women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	299
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	244
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	123

UMGC 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 Maryland Global Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	1,279

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Information 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	16,220	$108,190
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer User Support Specialists	10,620	$54,880
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.