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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island

2 Colleges
$44,542 Avg Salary
$31,000 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, information technology students earned 87 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which online 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.

Check out the online IT programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Rhode Island.

Our 2023 rankings named Roger Williams University the most popular online school in Rhode Island for information technology students. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

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The excellent online programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in Rhode Island. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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Best Information Technology Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 397
Connecticut 74
Vermont 210
New Hampshire 50
Maine 124

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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 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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