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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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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.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 38 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online basic certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide to be the most popular school for information technology students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the Southeast Region . Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

Women make up 8% of the IT majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Atlanta Technical College is a great place for information technology students working on their online basic certificate. Atlanta Area Tech is a small public school located in the city of Atlanta.

Of the 189 students majoring in IT at Atlanta Area Tech, 62% are male and 38% are female.

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#3

St Petersburg College

Clearwater, FL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means St Petersburg College is a great place for information technology students working on their online basic certificate. SPC is a very large public school located in the city of Clearwater.

Women make up 18% of the IT majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Chattahoochee Technical College is a great place for information technology students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Marietta, Chattahoochee Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 19% of the IT majors at the school.

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Out of the 38 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbus Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbus.

About 22% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 78% are male.

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Central Georgia Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online basic certificate information technology programs. CGTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Warner Robins.

Women make up 24% of the IT majors at the school.

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#7

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Gwinnett Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, GTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 26% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 74% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, Georgia Piedmont Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their online basic certificate. Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Clarkston.

Women make up 34% of the IT majors at the school.

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Bossier Parish Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Bossier City, Bossier Parish Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 75 students majoring in IT at Bossier Parish Community College, 72% are male and 28% are female.

Full Information Technology at Bossier Parish Community College Report

American Public University System did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for information technology students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 56 students majoring in IT at American Military University, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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

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 25 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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