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

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

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

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.

The Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Technology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the most popular school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the New England Region . UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Lowell.

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#3

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Champlain College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the New England Region . Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Burlington.

About 57% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 43% are male.

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Out of the 8 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the # 4 spot on the list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is a great place for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of North Dartmouth.

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#5

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Brandeis University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the New England Region . Brandeis is a medium-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 graduate certificate programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the New England Region . URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

Full Information Technology at University of Rhode Island Report

University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate information technology programs. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

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Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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 8 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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