2025 Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in information technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #54 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 199 bachelor's degrees in information technology to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to information technology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of information technology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt information technology students go into to obtain their bachelor'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information technology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Information Technology in California

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

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in IT

1

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

92 Annual Graduates

$55,773 Median Starting Salary

$14,531 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat University of California - Santa Cruz if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in information technology. UC Santa Cruz is a large public university located in the city of Santa Cruz.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the it program report average early career income of $55,773.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from University of California - Santa Cruz

2

National University
San Diego, CA

29 Annual Graduates

National University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in information technology. Located in the large city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from National University

Best Information Technology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Information Technology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	226	274
Oregon	185	24
Nevada	129	1
Hawaii	112	1

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Information Technology Related Rankings by Major

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of Computer & Information Sciences programs to choose from.

IT Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Information Technology Management	92
Computer & IS Security	71
Information Technology Project Management	29
Computer Support Specialist	7

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	8,758
Computer Information Systems	2,327
Computer Software & Applications	288
Information Science	85
Computer Programming	49
Computer Systems Analysis	23
Data Processing	15
Computer Systems Networking	10

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.