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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

In 2020-2021, information technology students earned 1,445 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for computer science students. 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.

The Most Popular Online Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular 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.

Our 2023 rankings named YTI Career Institute-York the most popular online school in Pennsylvania for information technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of York, YTI is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in IT at YTI, 93% are male and 7% are female.

Full Information Technology at YTI Career Institute-York Report

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Pennsylvania landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Trevose, Strayer University - Pennsylvania is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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

On average, IT graduates from Strayer University - Pennsylvania take out $27,968 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Information Technology at Strayer University - Pennsylvania Report

#3

Immaculata University

Immaculata, PA

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Immaculata University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Immaculata is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Immaculata.

Read full report on Information Technology at Immaculata University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Montgomery County Community College is a great place for information technology students working on their online associate degree. Montco is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Blue Bell.

Full Information Technology at Montgomery County Community College Report

Best Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Maryland 2,370
New York 1,927
New Jersey 180
District of Columbia 434
Delaware 399

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One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Concentrations

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 4 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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