2025 Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

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 14 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 744 bachelor's degrees in information technology to qualified students.

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

Your choice of information technology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality it program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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

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

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 - How many other information technology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 easy is it for information technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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 colleges for information technology students working on their bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

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

10 Top New York Schools for a Bachelor's in IT

1

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

89 Annual Graduates

$89,032 Median Starting Salary

Rochester Institute of Technology is a great option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in information technology. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Information Technology bachelor's degree recipients from Rochester Institute of Technology get an earnings boost of approximately $36,326 above the typical income of information technology majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Rochester Institute of Technology

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

27 Annual Graduates

University at Buffalo is a great option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in information technology. University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from University at Buffalo

3

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY

35 Annual Graduates

Marist College is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in information technology. Marist is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Marist College

4

Pace University - New York
New York, NY

32 Annual Graduates

$50,885 Median Starting Salary

$49,792 Median Student Debt

Pace University - New York is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in information technology. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the it program report average early career wages of $50,885.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Pace University - New York

5

University at Albany
Albany, NY

57 Annual Graduates

$45,637 Median Starting Salary

$24,246 Median Student Debt

UAlbany is a large public university located in the city of Albany.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the it program report average early career wages of $45,637.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from University at Albany

6

St John's University - New York
Queens, NY

35 Annual Graduates

$49,090 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the it program report average early career earnings of $49,090.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from St John’s University - New York

7

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY

202 Annual Graduates

$49,580 Median Starting Salary

John Jay is a fairly large public college located in the large city of New York.

Soon after graduating, it bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $49,580 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice

8

SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY

32 Annual Graduates

$52,079 Median Starting Salary

SUNY Poly is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Utica.

After graduating, it bachelor's recipients generally make around $52,079 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from SUNY Polytechnic Institute

9

Alfred State College
Alfred, NY

27 Annual Graduates

$48,786 Median Starting Salary

Alfred State is a small public college located in the rural area of Alfred.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the it program earn about $48,786 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Alfred State College

10

Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY

21 Annual Graduates

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Farmingdale.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Farmingdale State College

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
Pennsylvania	274	704
Maryland	207	488
New Jersey	193	35
Delaware	130	164
District of Columbia	126	65

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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	638
Information Technology Management	56
Information Technology Project Management	32
Network & System Administration/Administrator	17
Computer Support Specialist	1

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	3,754
Computer Information Systems	2,287
Information Science	1,146
Computer Software & Applications	833
Computer Programming	197
Computer Systems Analysis	23
Other Computer & Information Sciences	18
Computer Systems Networking	6

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.