by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computer Information Systems is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 88,434 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, computer information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,066 and had an average of $26,787 in loans still to pay off.
Across Massachusetts, there were 2,204 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,790 and $19,561 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 163 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,931 and $13,427 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in computer information systems. To top this list, a school must have a successful computer information systems program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts associate degree cis students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bristol Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate. Bristol Community College is located in Fall River, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 associates’s CIS degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Essex Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate list. This small school is located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 36 associates’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Computer Information Systems at Northern Essex Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlesex Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate list. Located in Bedford, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified associates’s CIS students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Wachusett Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate. Gardner, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s CIS degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Computer Information Systems at Mount Wachusett Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bunker Hill Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate list. BHCC is a public institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Computer Information Systems at Bunker Hill Community College
North Shore Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate ranking. This small school is located in Danvers, Massachusetts, and it awarded 12 associates’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
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Quinsigamond Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate ranking. Quinsigamond Community College is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 4 associates’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
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Berkshire Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s CIS students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Computer Information Systems at Berkshire Community College
With a ranking of #9, Greenfield Community College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate list. This small school is located in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 associates’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Computer Information Systems at Greenfield Community College
Roxbury Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate ranking. This small school is located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 associates’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Roxbury Community College Computer Information Systems Report
With a ranking of #11, Bay State College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s CIS degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Eastern Nazarene College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate ranking. ENC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Quincy, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 associates’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Fisher College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate ranking, coming in at #12. Fisher College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Computer Information Systems at Fisher College
Massasoit Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Most Well Attended CIS Major in Massachusetts for an Associate list. Located in Brockton, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s CIS students in 2020-2021.
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