2025 Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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 13 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 879 master's degrees in information technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different 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 complete 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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Information Technology in the Southwest Region

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

10 Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in IT

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

11 Annual Graduates

Southern Methodist University is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in information technology. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Dallas.More information about a master’s in information technology from Southern Methodist University

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

28 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at Austin is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in information technology. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a master’s in information technology from The University of Texas at Austin

3

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

246 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a master's degree in information technology. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in information technology from Arizona State University - Tempe

4

The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX

20 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat The University of Texas at Dallas if you want to pursue a master's degree in information technology. UT Dallas is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.More information about a master’s in information technology from The University of Texas at Dallas

5

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ

152 Annual Graduates

$85,677 Median Starting Salary

Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix.

Students who graduate with their master's from the it program state that they receive average early career income of $85,677.

More information about a master’s in information technology from Grand Canyon University

6

Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, AZ

46 Annual Graduates

ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.More information about a master’s in information technology from Arizona State University - Skysong

7

University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK

34 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in information technology from University of Tulsa

8

University of Houston
Houston, TX

49 Annual Graduates

$95,306 Median Starting Salary

UH is a fairly large public university located in the city of Houston.

Master's recipients from the information technology major at University of Houston earn $4,115 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a master’s in information technology from University of Houston

9

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

77 Annual Graduates

$96,653 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's recipients from the information technology degree program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus get $5,462 above the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a master’s in information technology from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

10

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, OK

42 Annual Graduates

$74,896 Median Starting Salary

University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

Master's students who receive their degree from the it program make an average of $74,896 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in information technology from University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	235	189
Arizona	180	253
Oklahoma	153	45
New Mexico	114	26

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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	520
Information Technology Project Management	306
Information Technology Management	53

Most Popular Majors Related to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	4,977
Computer Science	2,044
Information Science	1,654
Computer Software & Applications	19
Computer Programming	12

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.