by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Information Technology is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 40,555 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $26,794 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 1,176 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,604 and $24,678 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 224 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information technology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the #2 spot on the list. Champlain College is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region. 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 55 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Technology at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandeis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #6, Johnson & Wales University - Providence did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
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Roger Williams University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 8 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
New England Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region ranking. New England Tech is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Boston College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region ranking. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 25 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Rhode Island landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region ranking. URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Information Technology at University of Rhode Island
With a ranking of #11, Quinnipiac University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. Hamden, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Northeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, Tufts University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #14, Boston University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 2 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Brown University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Augusta came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Augusta, Maine, this small public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
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Harvard University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IT Major in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 115 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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