2025 Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Ranked #26 in popularity, information technology is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 534 master's degrees in information technology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Information Technology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of information technology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality it program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on information technology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of information technology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt information technology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information technology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for information technology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Information Technology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Information Technology in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in information technology.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in IT

1

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

276 Annual Graduates

$103,148 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in information technology has to look into Carnegie Mellon University. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Master's recipients from the information technology program at Carnegie Mellon University earn $12,244 above the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a master’s in information technology from Carnegie Mellon University

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

48 Annual Graduates

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a good option for students pursuing a master's degree in information technology. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a master’s in information technology from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

3

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

36 Annual Graduates

Drexel University is a good option for students interested in a master's degree in information technology. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in information technology from Drexel University

4

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

38 Annual Graduates

$94,312 Median Starting Salary

Temple University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in information technology. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Master's recipients from the information technology degree program at Temple University earn $3,408 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in information technology from Temple University

Best Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	859
Maryland	193	956
New Jersey	188	44
District of Columbia	154	294
Delaware	109	234

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Rankings in Majors Related to IT

One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Information Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security	349
Information Technology Management	93
Information Technology Project Management	89
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster	3

Most Popular Majors Related to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	2,067
Computer Science	573
Information Science	220
Computer Software & Applications	193
Computer Systems Networking	171
Computer Systems Analysis	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.