Information Technology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and approximately 30,146 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 99 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from UNC Charlotte.

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.

UNC Charlotte Information Technology Degrees Available

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

UNC Charlotte Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how UNC Charlotte 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 UNC Charlotte 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 Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	11
Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	12
	12
Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	15
Most Focused Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools	20
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	44
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	47
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	48
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	55
	59
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
	122
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Best Information Technology Schools	140
Best Value Information Technology Schools	157
	195
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	228

In 2021, 75 students received their master’s degree in IT from UNC Charlotte. This makes it the #22 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at UNC Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

The IT program at UNC Charlotte awarded 99 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at UNC Charlotte since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at UNC Charlotte 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 North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	51
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UNC Charlotte Information Technology Master’s Program

The IT program at UNC Charlotte awarded 75 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNC Charlotte 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Computer Systems Analysts	26,110	$93,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers	12,740	$142,330
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760
Computer Network Architects	4,730	$108,040

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 Stanton49 under License

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