Information Technology at Wichita State University

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and has a total student population of 14,999. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from WSU.

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.

WSU Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

WSU Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at WSU 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 WSU 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 Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	157
Most Popular Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	157
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	241
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	436

IT Student Demographics at WSU

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

WSU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 IT majors earned their bachelor's degree from WSU. Of these graduates, 79% were men and 21% were women.

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 Wichita State University with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

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 Wichita State University.

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 Hrududu under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.