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2023 Best Value Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$33,740 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, computer science was the most popular one in Massachusetts. In total, 3,611 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Massachusetts.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Science Graduate Certificate 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 graduate certificate programs for compsci 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Computer Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Computer Science

Our analysis found Worcester Polytechnic Institute to be the best value school for computer science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WPI are $29,040 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WPI is ranked #4 for overall quality for compsci in Massachusetts.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Dartmouth are $16,965 per year.

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#3

Tufts University

Medford, MA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Tufts University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer science schools in Massachusetts. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tufts are $55,216 a year.

Tufts also took the #2 spot in our Best Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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Best Value Computer Science Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 248
Vermont 209
New Hampshire 540
Rhode Island 390
Maine 144

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, computer science has other similar majors worth exploring.

CompSci Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 59,565

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Information Technology 40,555
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 Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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