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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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In 2020-2021, 40,555 information technology students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 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 Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular online basic certificate programs for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online IT basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Middlesex Community College the most popular online school in the New England Region for information technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Bedford, Middlesex Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 5% of the IT majors at the school.

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#2

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burlington.

Of the 110 students majoring in IT at Champlain, 74% are male and 26% are female.

Read full report on Information Technology at Champlain College

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Wachusett Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. MWCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Gardner.

Read full report on Information Technology at Mount Wachusett Community College

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, York County Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Wells, York County Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 33% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at York County Community College Report

#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Full Information Technology at Harvard University Report

University of Maine at Augusta came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMA is a small public school located in the town of Augusta.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of Maine at Augusta

#6

Cambridge College

Boston, MA

Cambridge College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Cambridge College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Read full report on Information Technology at Cambridge College

Explore the most popular online information technology colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 397
Connecticut 74
Vermont 210
New Hampshire 50
Rhode Island 87
Maine 124

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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 7 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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