Information Technology at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

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.

UNM Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

UNM Information Technology 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.

IT Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of IT master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 New Mexico - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	26

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Computer User Support Specialists	2,250	$43,190
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,820	$76,700
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,450	$59,190
Computer Workers	1,250	$79,540

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.