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Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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$76,049 Avg Salary
$21,479 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Naval Postgraduate School the most popular online school in the Far Western US Region for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 198 students majoring in IT at Naval Postgraduate School, 82% are male and 18% are female.

Full Information Technology at Naval Postgraduate School Report

Our analysis found Golden Gate University - San Francisco to be the most popular school for information technology students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Read full report on Information Technology at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

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 2 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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