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Study For a Career in Information Technology
The rapid adoption of computers in the workplace has created an unprecedented demand for skilled information technology specialists. No longer limited to research and development positions, IT professionals help companies maintain security and increase productivity in every single sector of American business.
Many colleges and universities focus their information technology degree programs on the three most sought after specialties in the workplace. Computer systems specialists install, maintain, and upgrade the hardware necessary to keep a business running. Programming experts write custom software that adds a competitive edge for companies that rely on off-the-shelf solutions. Networking administrators put all the pieces together by allowing computers to communicate with each other securely.
An information technology professional with experience in any one of these three areas will enjoy a strong salary and comfortable working conditions. Reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that most information technology professionals earn a starting salary of $45,000 or more per year. By adding a management concentration to your information technology degree, you can earn as much as $85,000 per year as an IT manager.
Most of all, information technology professionals enjoy the ability to work almost anywhere they please. With IT openings in every community and in every industry, an information technology graduate can stay close to home or explore the world.
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Online Degrees in Information Technology
As an information technology manager you will plan, organize, and direct the activities of an organization's IT department. This includes coordinating customer support, managing staff, and developing support procedures. For those who demonstrate exceptional leadership and technological skills, salaries can be very rewarding.
Information technology (IT) managers need strong leadership skills and technological mastery. An online bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD program can help you perfect these skills. Through your IT management degree program, you will learn systems analysis, databases, networks, and software, as well as proven management and leadership techniques.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), high-level information technology managers’ starting salaries range between $80,250 and $112,250. These jobs often come with expense accounts, stock options, and/or bonuses. While no degree program can guarantee these benefits or salaries, the BLS specifies that those with higher degrees and strong administrative skills have the best job opportunities in the field.
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DeVry University
DeVry offers technology-based, career-oriented programs that prepare students for the constantly changing demands of today's businesses and industries. DeVry offers the following online IT degree program:
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Associate - Health Information Technology
DeVry's Health Information Technology program prepares graduates to work with health information application and database systems. Aware of the importance of information security, accuracy and privacy, HIT professionals ensure that the design and use of information systems support patient safety. This associate degree program is designed to produce graduates able to: perform complex clinical coding tasks; support health care data analysis and management utilizing software applications; and use life sciences principles and information technology to implement and evaluate solutions to health care information technology problems. -
Bachelor's - Computer Info. Systems
DeVry's Information Technology (IT) program is designed for baccalaureate graduates with work experience who are seeking to advance their education in technology. The program is structured around a core of technology-oriented specialty courses with emphasis on applying computer technology to solve business problems. Project management, communication skills and ongoing IT administration, all of which are critically important in today's rapidly changing business environment, are integrated across the program. The IT curriculum provides students with a foundation in computer programming, database technology, networking, and systems analysis and design. The first two terms of the program contain a common core of courses, followed by a Web Application Development concentration. -
Bachelor's - Technical Management
To meet the special needs of adult students, DeVry developed its bachelor's-degree-completion program in Technical Management. The curriculum helps students with qualifying prior college experience add an important credential a bachelor's degree to their resume. The program also facilitates students' advancement to supervisory or management positions in their chosen field of specialization, enabling them to reap greater career and financial rewards.
Online students are provided with a comprehensive e-learning experience that enables them to master course content as thoroughly as if they had attended classes onsite. DeVry degree programs fit into your schedule via an online "campus" that is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. DeVry University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association (NCA).
Learn more about programs at DeVry University.
University of Maryland University College
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Master of Science in Accounting and Information Technology
This program is designed for individuals who want to concentrate their graduate studies in accounting with an information technology emphasis. The degree program develops the accounting and information technology competencies needed to respond to the evolving demands being placed on accountants in modern organizations. The curriculum consists of a series of accounting courses that provide students with core knowledge in areas such as financial accounting concepts and applications, management accounting methodology, and auditing standards. Supporting technology courses offer both depth and breadth in relevant topic areas such as computer systems, information resource management, electronic commerce, information technology, and technology management. -
Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT)
The program seeks to provide students with a technical curriculum that covers a wide range of information technology (IT) topics. It is designed for those who are called upon to develop, implement, and operate information systems in a variety of organizations. Graduates of the program will have a broad technical understanding of current and emerging technologies in the IT field, a familiarity with systems engineering concepts, and a solid foundation in the technological basis of the Internet. They will also have a greater grasp of current and future effects of the convergence of computer systems and telecommunications systems technologies.
University of Maryland University College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Learn more about programs at University of Maryland University College.
Columbia Southern University
At Columbia Southern University (CSU), you will earn your degree on your schedule in the comfort of your home or office at times that are convenient to you, without sacrificing the primary benefit of the classroom instruction - the Professor. CSU offers the following online information technology degree and certificate programs:
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Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology
The Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology at CSU is designed for individuals who wish to integrate the different disciplines of information technology within a business applications context. The program is concerned with the development, maintenance, management, and study of computer-based information technology systems in organizations. The program includes extensive training in the application of recordable information and knowledge, and the services and technologies to facilitate their management and use. Graduates of this program will be able to create, maintain, and provide information technology and business related solutions in banking, government, academia, legal and judicial systems, the military, or any entry-level management position. -
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration / Information Technology
CSU is an accredited member of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). CSU is also on the list of institutions where military personnel can apply their education benefits.
Learn more about programs at Columbia Southern University.
Walden University
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Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
The Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration provides students with a solid grounding in the core knowledge and competencies required in today's diverse global and technologically-sophisticated business environment. Specializations include:- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems
- Management
- Marketing
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M.I.S.M Business Information Management
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M.I.S.M Customer Relationship Marketing
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M.I.S.M IT Strategy and Governance
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M.I.S.M Managing Global Software & Service Supply Chains
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Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
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Ph.D. in Applied Management & Decision Sciences
Walden University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Learn more about programs at Walden University.
Capella University
The School of Technology at Capella University offers online degree programs will help managers and technical professionals understand and integrate the information technology, business, leadership, and soft-skills needed in the 21st Century, including:
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Bachelor of Science (BS)
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Master of Science (MS)
The Leadership specialization introduces learners to diverse techniques that successful leaders deploy in leading and managing today's complex global organizations. Course content directly impacts mid-career professionals interested in leading in government, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations through assessment, skill-building and the review of applicable theories available to them as managers. Completing this specialization will prepare learners to take on leadership or management roles within a variety of businesses and organizations. -
PhD in Information Technology
Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)
Learn more about programs at Capella University.
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DeVry University
- Associate - Health Information Technology
- Bachelor's - Computer Info. Systems
- Bachelor's - Technical Management
University of Maryland University College
- Master of Science in Accounting and Information Technology
- Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT)
Columbia Southern University
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration / Information Technology
Walden University
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
- M.I.S.M Business Information Management
- M.I.S.M Customer Relationship Marketing
- M.I.S.M IT Strategy and Governance
- M.I.S.M Managing Global Software & Service Supply Chains
- Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
- Ph.D. in Applied Management & Decision Sciences
Capella University
- Bachelor of Science (BS)
- Master of Science (MS)
- PhD in Information Technology

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