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

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$76,049 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for IT majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the most popular online school in the New England Region for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

About 32% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 68% are male.

Read full report on Information Technology at Harvard University

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the # 2 spot on the list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

Full Information Technology at Roger Williams University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of Rhode Island

#3

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Brandeis University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in the New England Region . Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

Read full report on Information Technology at Brandeis University

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Full Information Technology at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

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 5 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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