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2023 Best Value Computer Software Applications Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$18,004 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,431 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Software & Applications Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 14,336 computer software and applications students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

There are so many computer science programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Software Applications Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for computer software students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Computer Software & Applications Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Computer Software & Applications Associate Degree Colleges.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Computer Software Applications

Our analysis found Bunker Hill Community College to be the best value school for computer software and applications students who want to pursue a associate degree in the New England Region . BHCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Boston.

BHCC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,224 in tuition and fees each year.

BHCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Computer Software Applications Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

Read full report on Computer Software & Applications at Bunker Hill Community College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Mount Wachusett Community College is a great value for computer software and applications students working on their associate degree. MWCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Gardner.

MWCC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,588 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a great value for computer software and applications students working on their associate degree. Located in the fringe town of Concord, NHTI is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NHTI are $15,450 per year.

NHTI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Computer Software Applications Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

Full Computer Software & Applications at NHTI-Concord’s Community College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Quinsigamond Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer software and applications schools in the New England Region . Quinsigamond Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Quinsigamond Community College are $10,774 a year. Computer Software majors at Quinsigamond Community College take out an average of $17,540 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#5

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Computer Software Applications Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Burlington.

Champlain undergraduate students pay an average of $42,984 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Computer Software & Applications at Champlain College

Best Computer Software & Applications Colleges by State

Explore the best computer software and applications colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,076
Connecticut 39
Vermont 52
New Hampshire 361
Rhode Island 117
Maine 4

Computer Software & Applications is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

Computer Software Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Web & Multimedia Design 5,300
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration 3,756
Computer Graphics 2,988
Other Computer Software & Media Applications 1,438
Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation 854

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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