Information Technology at Winston - Salem State University

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

WSSU is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 5,169 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from WSSU.

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.

WSSU Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

WSSU Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how WSSU 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 WSSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145
	161
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	191
Best Value Information Technology Schools	222
	245
Best Information Technology Schools	265
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	403
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	422

IT Student Demographics at WSSU

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

WSSU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

The IT program at WSSU awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 63% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at WSSU since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 60% 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 Winston - Salem State University with a bachelor's in IT.

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

WSSU 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 Winston - Salem State University.

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 Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD under License

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