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2023 Best Value Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Schools Ranked
$30,771 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,756 Avg Student Debt*

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for computer science students. 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 and bootcamps 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 Best Value Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for computer science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region of the U.S.

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#1

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island
11 Total Awards
$13,260 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Community College of Rhode Island to be the best value school for computer science students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the New England Region . Community College of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school located in Warwick, Rhode Island that handed out 11 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at CCRI are $13,260 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $11,346 in student loans.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at CCRI. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.

CCRI also took the #2 spot in our Best Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
55 Total Awards
$59,816 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s value ranking, Boston University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 55 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Boston U are $59,816 a year.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Boston U. In 2019-2020 about 2% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Boston U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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2 Total Awards
$19,238 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMA is located in Augusta, Maine and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.

UMA undergraduate students pay an average of $19,238 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $34,964 in loans while pursuing their degree.

UMA does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 86% took at least some of their classes online.

UMA also took the #3 spot in our Best Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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