2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Information Technology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 28,174 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 410 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 193 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,887 and $24,387 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the information technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The it school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts”.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$18,340 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #1 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a public institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 146 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston is $18,340 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree IT students.

Full University of Massachusetts - Boston Information Technology Report

#2

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Technology at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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