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 Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 914 master's degrees in information technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Information Technology School for Your Master's Degree
The it master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
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
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 - How many other information technology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
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 easy is it for information technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master'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 schools for information technology students working on their master's degree.
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 the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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It is hard to beat Washington University in St Louis if you want to pursue a master's degree in information technology. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Master's recipients from the information technology degree program at Washington University in St Louis make $14,858 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Bellevue University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in information technology. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Bellevue.
Information Technology master's degree recipients from Bellevue University earn a boost of approximately $5,630 above the typical income of information technology graduates.
Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Charles.
Information Technology master's degree recipients from Lindenwood University receive an earnings boost of approximately $8,520 over the average income of information technology majors.
Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.
Master's recipients from the information technology major at Webster University earn $2,144 above the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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).
The it master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
