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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$27,088 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

Information Technology is one of the most popular subjects to study in New York. With 1,927 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which computer science program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for IT majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Technology

#1

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Our analysis found University at Albany to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAlbany are $13,535 a year.

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#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Binghamton University is a great value for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Binghamton University are $13,780 a year.

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#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in New York. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a very large student population.

University at Buffalo graduate students pay an average of $14,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 6 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RIT are $52,408 per year.

RIT not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list.

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#5

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Out of the 6 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Syracuse are $42,954 a year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, IT majors at Syracuse accumulate an average of around $20,900 in student debt.

Syracuse also took the #3 spot in our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York rankings.

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New York Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. NYIT is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Old Westbury.

NYIT graduate students pay an average of $25,460 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Maryland 2,370
Pennsylvania 1,445
New Jersey 180
District of Columbia 434
Delaware 399

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

Majors Similar to IT

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 6 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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