2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate 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.
The Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Massachusetts to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Technology
Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.
Harvard also made our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #1.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a great value for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.
UMass Lowell graduate students pay an average of $15,210 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in Massachusetts. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.
UMass Dartmouth graduate students pay an average of $16,965 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Brandeis University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in Massachusetts. Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Brandeis are $53,618 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value Information Technology Colleges in the New England Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Connecticut | 74 |
New Hampshire | 50 |
Maine | 124 |
Rhode Island | 87 |
Vermont | 210 |
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Information Technology Related Majors for IT
Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to IT
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 4 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.