2025 Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

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 Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 238 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 quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree 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.

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

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 Virginia 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 Virginia

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

Top Virginia Schools for a Master's in IT

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

34 Annual Graduates

$156,433 Median Starting Salary

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a great decision for students pursuing a master's degree in information technology. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville.

Those information technology students who get their master's degree from University of Virginia - Main Campus receive $63,172 more than the standard it student.

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

2

Marymount University
Arlington, VA

32 Annual Graduates

$95,862 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Marymount University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in information technology. Marymount is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Arlington.

Those information technology students who get their master's degree from Marymount University earn $2,601 more than the standard it grad.

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

3

ECPI University
Virginia Beach, VA

68 Annual Graduates

$66,652 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat ECPI University if you want to pursue a master's degree in information technology. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

After graduation, it master's recipients typically make an average of $66,652 in their early careers.

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

4

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA

70 Annual Graduates

Old Dominion University is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in information technology. Old Dominion is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.More information about a master’s in information technology from Old Dominion University

Best Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	147
Georgia	190	136
North Carolina	178	84
Tennessee	166	2
Alabama	151	85
Kentucky	147	2,118
Louisiana	147	17
South Carolina	146	5
Mississippi	145	3
Arkansas	121	11
West Virginia	112	171

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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	204
Information Technology Project Management	34

Most Popular Majors Related to IT

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	968
Computer Software & Applications	321
Other Computer & Information Sciences	166
Information Science	60
Computer Science	13
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.