2025 Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maryland

Information Technology is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #20 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for information technology students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 445 associate degrees in information technology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Information Technology School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of information technology for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 associate 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 easy is it for information technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• 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 associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Associate Degree Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Information Technology in Maryland

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for information technology students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Maryland Schools for an Associate in IT

1

Montgomery College
Rockville, MD

103 Annual Graduates

Montgomery College is a great decision for students interested in an associate degree in information technology. Montgomery College is a large public college located in the small city of Rockville.More information about a associate in information technology from Montgomery College

2

Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore, MD

26 Annual Graduates

Baltimore City Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in information technology. Baltimore City Community College is a small public college located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a associate in information technology from Baltimore City Community College

3

Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD

59 Annual Graduates

Anne Arundel Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in information technology. Located in the suburb of Arnold, AACC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in information technology from Anne Arundel Community College

4

Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, MD

20 Annual Graduates

$40,955 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in information technology needs to look into Hagerstown Community College. HCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the medium-sized suburb of Hagerstown.

After graduating, it associate recipients generally earn about $40,955 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a associate in information technology from Hagerstown Community College

5

Prince George's Community College
Largo, MD

49 Annual Graduates

$44,587 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Largo, PGCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Associate students who receive their degree from the it program make around $44,587 for their early career.

More information about a associate in information technology from Prince George’s Community College

6

Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

56 Annual Graduates

$36,590 Median Starting Salary

CCBC is a large public college located in the suburb of Baltimore.

Soon after graduating, it associate recipients typically earn an average of $36,590 in their early careers.

More information about a associate in information technology from Community College of Baltimore County

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
New York	196	351
Pennsylvania	179	323
New Jersey	137	100
Delaware	60	1
District of Columbia	36	57

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Information Technology Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Information Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security	424
Computer Support Specialist	21

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	541
Computer Systems Networking	29
Computer Software & Applications	26
Computer Programming	12
Information Science	10
Computer Systems Analysis	9
Other Computer & Information Sciences	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.