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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Massachusetts 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.

Check out the online IT graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Massachusetts.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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

Women make up 32% of the IT majors at the school.

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#2

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Brandeis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in Massachusetts. Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

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Out of the 3 online programs at schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

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Best Information Technology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Information Technology Schools 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

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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 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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