2023 Best Value Computer Software Applications Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Computer Software & Applications Undergraduate Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Software Applications Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Check out the computer software undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Computer Software Applications

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 Related Majors for Computer Software

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

Most Popular Related Majors

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 2 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.