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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

9 Colleges
$50,419 Avg Salary
$35,229 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which online bachelor's 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 bachelor's degree.

Our analysis found Central Washington University to be the most popular school for information technology students who want to pursue an online bachelor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 28% of the IT majors at the school.

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#2

National University

La Jolla, CA

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at National University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in IT at National University, 86% are male and 14% are female.

The average amount in student loans that IT majors at National University take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $26,353.

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#4

Laurus College

San Luis Obispo, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Laurus College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small city of San Luis Obispo, Laurus College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 13% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 88% are male.

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Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverside.

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#6

Eastern Oregon University

La Grande, OR

Eastern Oregon University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online bachelor’s degree information technology programs. Located in the remote town of La Grande, EOU is a public school with a small student population.

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City University of Seattle did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for information technology students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 25% are male.

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California Intercontinental University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. California Intercontinental University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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Great Basin College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online bachelor’s degree information technology programs. Great Basin College is a small public school located in the remote town of Elko.

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Explore the most popular online information technology schools 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 9 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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