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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

7 Colleges
$35,972 Avg Salary
$25,601 Avg Student Debt

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

It's not easy to decide which computer science program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for IT majors pursuing an online associate degree.

#1

Laurus College

San Luis Obispo, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Laurus College the most popular online school in the Far Western US Region for information technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of San Luis Obispo, Laurus College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Of the 25 students majoring in IT at Laurus College, 80% are male and 20% are female.

IT majors at Laurus College take out an average of $33,932 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Portland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

About 12% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 88% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fairbanks.

Of the 15 students majoring in IT at UAF, 73% are male and 27% are female.

Full Information Technology at University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

#4

Peninsula College

Port Angeles, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Peninsula College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the remote town of Port Angeles, Peninsula College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 17% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at Peninsula College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 60% are male.

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Great Basin College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for information technology students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Great Basin College is a small public school located in the remote town of Elko.

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Bates Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Bates Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Tacoma.

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Explore the most popular online information technology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 815
California 1,160
Oregon 140
Nevada 81
Hawaii 6
Alaska 16

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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 7 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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