2025 Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Information Technology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #54 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for information technology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 499 bachelor's degrees in information technology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 consider a college'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 Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for information technology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Information Technology Schools

The it school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Information Technology in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in information technology.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in IT

1

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

92 Annual Graduates

$55,773 Median Starting Salary

$14,531 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in information technology needs to check out University of California - Santa Cruz. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the it program earn about $55,773 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from University of California - Santa Cruz

2

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

53 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Washington State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in information technology. Wazzu is a very large public university located in the distant town of Pullman.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Washington State University

3

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

26 Annual Graduates

$72,675 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in information technology has to check out Western Washington University. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a large student population.

Those information technology students who get their bachelor's degree from Western Washington University earn $11,140 more than the standard it grad.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Western Washington University

4

Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, WA

13 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in information technology needs to take a look at Whatcom Community College. Whatcom Community College is a small public college located in the small city of Bellingham.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Whatcom Community College

5

Columbia Basin College
Pasco, WA

32 Annual Graduates

$59,559 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Pasco, CBC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the it program make about $59,559 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Columbia Basin College

6

National University
San Diego, CA

29 Annual Graduates

National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Diego.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from National University

7

Clark College
Vancouver, WA

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Vancouver, Clark College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Clark College

8

Tacoma Community College
Tacoma, WA

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Tacoma, Tacoma Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Tacoma Community College

9

Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the remote town of Klamath Falls, OIT is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information technology from Oregon Institute of Technology

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	205
Washington	226	274
Oregon	185	24
Nevada	129	1
Hawaii	112	1

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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	269
Information Technology Management	150
Information Technology Project Management	30
Network & System Administration/Administrator	24
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	19
Computer Support Specialist	7

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	11,593
Computer Information Systems	3,989
Computer Software & Applications	519
Computer Programming	130
Data Processing	121
Information Science	107
Computer Systems Analysis	24
Computer Systems Networking	10

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.