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2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,631 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,972 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Associate Degree School for You

Information Technology is the #78 most popular major in Massachusetts with 397 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the IT associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Information Technology

Our analysis found Northern Essex Community College to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Massachusetts. NECC is a small public school located in the large suburb of Haverhill.

NECC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,544 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Springfield Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, STCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at STCC are $5,520 a year. IT majors at STCC take out an average of $9,562 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Out of the 3 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinsigamond Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Quinsigamond Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Quinsigamond Community College are $5,830 a year.

Full Information Technology at Quinsigamond Community College Report

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 74
New Hampshire 50
Maine 124
Rhode Island 87
Vermont 210

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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