Information Technology Degrees & Certificates

As new technologies become integrated into businesses, the demand for skilled IT professionals continues to grow. Don’t let these significant opportunities pass you by, build on your skills and boost your IT career with a specialized degree or certificate program from Capella.

A flexible, online information technology program can prepare you for the many challenges that exist in the field of IT. At Capella, you’ll receive a competency-based education to gain immediate, on-the-job impact.

Earn select industry certifications from CompTIA, Microsoft, Cisco, PMI® and SAS as you progress through your program. You’ll gain the skills and knowledge you need to take your certification exam—and a voucher to take it for free.

Gain real-world experience in a virtual lab setting. In select IT programs you’ll have the opportunity to explore penetration-testing techniques in a simulated IT environment. Using leading industry tools, you’ll learn to manage real-time responses to security breaches to perform vulnerability assessments, including system sanitizing and hardening.

Capella’s cutting-edge virtual internship helps MS in Analytics students develop the skills to be a strategic partner, a knowledgeable data analyst, and a dynamic leader. Through the interactive simulation you and your teammates have the unique opportunity to work with Vila Health™, a health care provider struggling with analysis of their extensive, complex data. You’ll investigate complex data sets, determine the proper analytic tools to use, and present your findings to leaders in a succinct, powerful visualization, all while building vital team skills sought by today’s employers.

Earn your bachelor’s or master’s degree on your own schedule, at your own pace, with FlexPath. You can leverage your experience to move quickly through more familiar coursework or more slowly as needed—without the constraints of preset due dates or set class times. This personalized learning approach offers greater freedom, more control, and the potential to save time and money. FlexPath is available for select IT programs.

Get ahead with what you already know using Capella’s prior learning assessment. The knowledge you’ve gained for your IT certifications—including CISSP®, CISA®, CISM®, and more—can help you earn college credit toward a Capella bachelor’s or master’s IT program, saving you time and up to $12,000 on your master’s or over $17,000 on your bachelor’s.

Get to your goals sooner, lower your costs, and increase your earning potential with these time- and money-saving options:

• Transfer credits into your degree program
• Low-cost undergraduate courses
• Scholarships
• Exclusive military benefits

Most of Capella's faculty in the school of Business and Technology hold doctorates. They also bring real-world expertise to the course room, with many holding current positions in small businesses, government, non-profit, consulting, and higher education. Many of our faculty members are industry leaders at organizations such as IBM, Microsoft and Vulcan Systems. In addition, numerous IT faculty members have published journal articles and books.