2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 IT Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Information Technology is the 46th most popular major in the country with 38,958 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 24 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,539 and $15,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in New Hampshire

#1

Great Bay Community College

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$16,847 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Great Bay Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire. Great Bay Community College is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s IT degrees to qualified students.

Great Bay Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Great Bay Community College is $16,847 for New Hampshire Associate Degree IT students.

Read full report on Information Technology at Great Bay Community College

#2

Nashua Community College

Nashua, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$14,278 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Nashua Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Nashua, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s IT degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Nashua Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Nashua Community College is $14,278 for new hampshire associate degree it students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Information Technology at Nashua Community College

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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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