2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Massachusetts

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking.

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 Massachusetts, there were 915 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,260 and $24,448 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 430 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. University of Massachusetts - Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 32 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston also made our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Massachusetts - Boston Information Science Report

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s IS students in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard University Information Science Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$94,408 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 351 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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