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

12 Colleges
$28,009 Avg Salary
$14,157 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Technology Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate 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. This report analyzed 12 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate programs 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

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

About 25% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 75% are male.

Full Information Technology at Boston University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Community College of Rhode Island is a great place for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. CCRI is a large public school located in the small city of Warwick.

About 25% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 75% are male.

Read full report on Information Technology at Community College of Rhode Island

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern Maine Community College is a great place for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 12 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capital Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Capital Community College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Hartford.

Read full report on Information Technology at Capital Community College

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Maine at Augusta is a great place for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. UMA is a small public school located in the distant town of Augusta.

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

#5

Roxbury Community College

Roxbury Crossing, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Roxbury Community College is a great place for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Roxbury Community College is a small public school located in the city of Roxbury Crossing.

Read full report on Information Technology at Roxbury Community College

Out of the 12 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Maine Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Northern Maine Community College is a fairly small public school located in the town of Presque Isle.

Full Information Technology at Northern Maine Community College Report

#5

Middlesex Community College

Middletown, CT

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Middlesex Community College is a great place for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Middletown, MxCC is a public college with a small student population.

Full Information Technology at Middlesex Community College Report

#5

Mildred Elley Pittsfield

Pittsfield, MA

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Mildred Elley Pittsfield helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Pittsfield, Mildred Elley Pittsfield is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Lincoln Technical Institute - Somerville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the New England Region . Lincoln Tech - Somerville is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Somerville.

Read full report on Information Technology at Lincoln Technical Institute - Somerville

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

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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 12 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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