The Market for IT Degrees: On the Road to Recovery?

Authors: Outsell Client Services, Client Services; Eduventures, Inc.

Information technology (IT) is one of the largest categories in which credentials are awarded by accredited colleges and universities in the United States. With strong growth of IT program enrollments in the 1990s followed by the bursting of the technology bubble in 2000, organizations are critically assessing opportunities in this curricular segment.

Eduventures believes that growth opportunities are emerging in selected IT niches and that future IT credentials may become more interdisciplinary. Key areas to investigate include:

Information security

Web design, multimedia, and digital media

Video game development

Bio- and nanotechnology

Healthcare information management

This report initiates Eduventures' coverage of the IT education market, and also incorporates a high-level market-sizing analysis, labor market background information, and potential educational demand patterns in selected IT job categories.