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2023 Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

24 Colleges
$28,009 Avg Salary
$14,157 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 40,555 information technology students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best undergraduate certificate programs for computer science students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for IT majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Chattahoochee Technical College the best school in the Southeast Region for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Marietta, Chattahoochee Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Out of the 24 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gwinnett Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville, GTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average amount in student loans that IT majors at GTC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $20,732.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Hillsborough Community College is a great place for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Tampa, HCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that IT majors at HCC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $23,965.

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#4

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Augusta University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in the Southeast Region . Augusta University is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Augusta.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, IT graduates from Augusta University carry an average student debtload of $28,331.

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#5

Sullivan University

Louisville, KY

Out of the 24 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sullivan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

On average, IT graduates from Sullivan University take out $14,611 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for information technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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#7

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

With a ranking of #7, Valencia College did quite well on this year’s best schools for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a very large student population.

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Florida State College at Jacksonville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for information technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. FSCJ is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.

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Athens Technical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate information technology programs. Athens Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Athens.

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With a ranking of #10, Georgia Piedmont Technical College did quite well on this year’s best schools for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Clarkston.

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Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Louisiana 85
West Virginia 758
Georgia 944
Tennessee 37
North Carolina 181
Mississippi 49
Virginia 1,707
Arkansas 55
Alabama 176
Florida 1,470
South Carolina 84
Kentucky 2,193

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IT Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 24 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

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