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title: "What can you do with an information technology degree?"
description: "15 careers information technology graduates commonly move into, with BLS median pay, projected growth and entry requirements for each."
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# What can you do with an information technology degree?

**What the degree involves:** Networks, operating systems, databases, security, and hands-on lab configuration.

Information technology is the operational sibling of computer science: less about building software from nothing, more about making networks, systems, databases and security work and keep working. Most graduates start on a support or administration desk, and the industry certifications you collect alongside the degree drive how fast you move off it.

15 common destinations, ordered most common first rather than highest paid first. 0 of 15 have a master's or a doctoral or professional degree as their BLS typical entry education, and 12 of 15 are projected to grow. A major is a body of study, not a job assignment: these are destinations of people who took the degree, not what the degree entitles anyone to.

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected change | Openings a year | Typical entry education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Computer User Support Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-user-support-specialist) | $61,860 | -3.7% | 40,800 | Some college |
| 2 | [Network and Computer Systems Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/network-and-computer-systems-administrator) | $99,130 | -4.2% | 14,300 | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Computer Network Support Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-network-support-specialist) | $76,220 | +1.8% | 9,600 | Associate's |
| 4 | [Computer Systems Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-systems-analyst) | $105,850 | +8.7% | 34,200 | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Information Security Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/information-security-analyst) | $129,180 | +28.5% | 16,000 | Bachelor's |
| 6 | Database Administrator | $104,620 | -0.7% | 3,800 | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [QA Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/qa-analyst) | $104,300 | +10.0% | 14,000 | Bachelor's |
| 8 | Web Administrator | $116,580 | +8.2% | 31,300 | Bachelor's |
| 9 | Information Technology Project Manager | $116,580 | +8.2% | 31,300 | Bachelor's |
| 10 | Data Warehousing Specialist | $139,500 | +8.7% | 4,000 | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Health Informatics Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-informatics-specialist) | $105,850 | +8.7% | 34,200 | Bachelor's |
| 12 | [Telecommunications Engineering Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/telecommunications-engineering-specialist) | $134,050 | +11.9% | 11,200 | Bachelor's |
| 13 | [Computer Network Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-network-architect) | $134,050 | +11.9% | 11,200 | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer) | $135,980 | +15.8% | 115,200 | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager) | $175,140 | +15.2% | 55,600 | Bachelor's |

Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Projected change, annual openings and typical entry education are BLS Employment Projections. Occupation descriptions are O\*NET. Nothing on this page is estimated and no figure is generated by an AI model.

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}. Other majors: https://nuecareer.com/careers/majors

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology