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2023 Best Value Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,189 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, information technology was the most popular one in West Virginia. In total, 758 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in West Virginia.

It's not easy to decide which computer science program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in West Virginia to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Master's Degree Colleges.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Information Technology

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in West Virginia for information technology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

American Military University also took the #1 spot in our Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia rankings.

Full Information Technology at American Public University System Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

The excellent master’s degree programs at West Virginia University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in West Virginia. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WVU are $10,332 per year.

WVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

Read full report on Information Technology at West Virginia University

#3

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Marshall University is a great value for information technology students working on their master’s degree. Marshall University is a large public school located in the city of Huntington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Marshall University are $8,882 a year.

Marshall University also took the #4 spot in our Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia rankings.

Full Information Technology at Marshall University Report

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Louisiana 85
North Carolina 181
Georgia 944
Tennessee 37
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

Majors Similar to IT

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 3 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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