Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 30

Program Details

The IT Administration and Security program educates students in the concepts, principles, techniques and practices needed to administer a modern IT environment and its security.  Students will gain extensive practical experience doing IT administration. Security will be a component of core courses in addition to a specific security course. Those who complete the program will be well prepared to play leadership roles as database, network, security and web services administrators, as enterprise application administrators and IT administration managers.

What You Will Learn:

Students in the M.S. IT Administration & Security degree program will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills in addition to the following skills: 

 • Network systems design, management and security.

 • Network services administration.

 • Wireless networks security and administration.

 • Database administration and management.

 • Auditing for computer security and information systems.

 • Internet and higher-layer protocols.

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Information Technology Salaries

$65,300

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$78,962

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

Top 50 for Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Programs - U.S. News & World Report, 2025

Career Prospects

Where do Information Technology majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • IT Controls Analyst
  • Cyber Security Consultant
  • Security Analyst
  • Web Developer
  • Network Engineer
Top Employers
  • UPS
  • oXya - A Hitachi Data Systems Company
  • Prudential Financial
  • Optum - a UnitedHealth Group Company
  • TD Ameritrade
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