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2023 Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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$21,479 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 40,555 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information technology is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for computer science students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Technology program at each school on the list.

Check out the IT graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in IT at Colorado State, 71% are male and 29% are female.

Full Information Technology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Utah Valley University is a great place for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. UVU is a very large public school located in the city of Orem.

Of the 11 students majoring in IT at UVU, 91% are male and 9% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

Women make up 71% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at Metropolitan State University of Denver Report

#4

Regis University

Denver, CO

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Regis University is a great place for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado Christian University is a great place for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. CCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.

Full Information Technology at Colorado Christian University Report

With a ranking of #6, Boise State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Colorado State University - Global Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Greenwood Village, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Information Technology at Colorado State University - Global Campus Report

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Montana 3
Wyoming 19
Colorado 326
Utah 2,982
Idaho 98

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 7 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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