2022 Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 18,368 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 1,017 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,663 and $26,051 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

#1

Bunker Hill Community College

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$11,267 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bunker Hill Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified associates’s IS students in 2019-2020.

BHCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bunker Hill Community College is $11,267 for New England Region Associate Degree IS students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Bunker Hill Community College Information Science Report

#2

Cape Cod Community College

West Barnstable, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$10,991 Average Net Price

$37,208 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cape Cod Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Cape Cod Community College is a small school located in West Barnstable, Massachusetts that handed out 4 associates’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Cape Cod Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Information Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $10,991 for new england region associate degree is students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Cape Cod Community College.

Read full report on Information Science at Cape Cod Community College

#3

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$21,523 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 28 associates’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree is students whose families make $75-$110k list, UMass Lowell has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Information Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts - Lowell is $21,523 for new england region associate degree is students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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