2023 Most Popular Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts
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.
The Most Popular 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 8 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts
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Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the most popular school in Massachusetts for computer science students working on their graduate certificate. This large private not-for-profit school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 169 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,755 in student loans. Around 33% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Harvard. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular computer science schools in Massachusetts. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Online graduate courses are available at UMass Lowell, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is a great place for computer science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, the medium-sized public school handed out 6 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 17% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at UMass Dartmouth, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 90% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 8 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 20% of those degree recipients were women.
WPI does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 37% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 8 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Merrimack College landed the # 5 spot on the 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.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Merrimack does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Tufts University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate computer science programs. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 12 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 58% were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Tufts. During the 2019-2020 year, about 88% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Brandeis University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Brandeis. During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for computer science students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UMass Amherst. During the 2019-2020 year, about 82% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 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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