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2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

4 Schools Ranked
$24,578 Avg Student Debt

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for computer science students. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones had 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.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
169 Total Awards
$52,170 Average Tuition & Fees
$19,755 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the most popular school in Massachusetts for computer science students working on their graduate certificate. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 169 students in 2020-2021.

Graduate Certificate recipients from Harvard accumulate an average of $19,755 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 33% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts
4 Total Awards
$32,444 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Merrimack College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 91% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#3

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts
1 Total Awards
$53,618 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Brandeis University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Waltham, Massachusetts that handed out 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full Brandeis University Report

#4

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
$16,251 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 82% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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