If you pursue a master's degree in information technology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #26 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 11 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Information Technology Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 631 master's degrees in information technology to qualified students.
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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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
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 school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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.
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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Every student who is interested in a master's degree in information technology has to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle.
Master's recipients from the information technology degree program at University of Washington - Seattle Campus get $2,819 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in information technology has to take a look at University of San Diego. Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
Master's recipients from the information technology major at University of San Diego get $10,590 above the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
National University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Diego.
Information Technology master's degree recipients from National University earn a boost of around $4,329 above the typical earnings of information technology graduates.
Located in the midsize city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public university with a small student population.
Information Technology master's degree recipients from University of Washington - Tacoma Campus receive an earnings boost of around $2,819 over the average income of information technology majors.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
