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2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,631 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,972 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Associate Degree School for You

Information Technology is one of the most popular subjects to study in Massachusetts. With 397 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Information Technology Associate Degree 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 associate degree programs for IT 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the IT associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Information Technology

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Essex Community College the best value school in Massachusetts for information technology students working on their associate degree. NECC is a small public school located in the large suburb of Haverhill.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NECC are $5,544 a year.

NECC also made our Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Information Technology at Northern Essex Community College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Springfield Technical Community College is a great value for information technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, STCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at STCC are $5,520 a year. On average, IT graduates from STCC take out $9,562 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, STCC is ranked #5 for overall quality for IT in Massachusetts.

Read full report on Information Technology at Springfield Technical Community College

The excellent associate degree programs at Quinsigamond Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in Massachusetts. Quinsigamond Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Quinsigamond Community College are $5,830 per year.

Read full report on Information Technology at Quinsigamond Community College

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 74
Vermont 210
New Hampshire 50
Rhode Island 87
Maine 124

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

IT Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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