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2023 Most Popular Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Finding the Best Information Technology Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Information Technology Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for information technology students working on their master’s degree. WGU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.

Of the 896 students majoring in IT at WGU, 91% are male and 9% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Brigham Young University - Provo helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 14% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 86% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 57% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Utah Valley University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UVU is a very large public school located in the city of Orem.

Women make up 13% of the IT majors at the school.

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#5

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public school located in the town of Cedar City.

Of the 11 students majoring in IT at Southern Utah University, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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#6

University of Denver

Denver, CO

With a ranking of #6, University of Denver did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their master’s degree. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

Women make up 33% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at University of Denver Report

Colorado Christian University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.

Of the 8 students majoring in IT at CCU, 88% are male and 13% are female.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

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With a ranking of #9, Boise State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#9

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of I is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.

Full Information Technology at University of Idaho 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 10 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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