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2023 Best Value Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$17,791 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,266 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 18,325 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information science is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

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. 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, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for IS 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 Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Information Science

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for information science students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMGC are $12,336 per year. The average amount in student loans that IS majors at UMGC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $24,066.

UMGC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#2

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, NY

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Farmingdale State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information science schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Farmingdale.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale undergraduate students pay an average of $18,486 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Baltimore is a great value for information science students working on their undergraduate certificate. UB is a small public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UB are $22,550 per year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Ace Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information science schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Ace Institute of Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, IS majors at Ace Institute of Technology accumulate an average of around $10,092 in student debt.

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Best Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best information science colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Maryland 3,677
Pennsylvania 1,560
New York 2,210
New Jersey 856
District of Columbia 180
Delaware 32

Information Science is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IS Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Information Science 18,325

Majors Similar to IS

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
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 The Opte Project.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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