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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 52,381 people earned their degree in general computer & information sciences, making the major the 15th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 3,815 general computer & information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 general computer & information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,470 and $116,265 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general computer & information sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general computer & information sciences.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 8 doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #2 spot on the list. Yale is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus General Computer & Information Sciences Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #5 spot on the list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees to 99 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of Rhode Island General Computer & Information Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 11 doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Read more about General Computer & Information Sciences at UMass Lowell
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Sciences Major in the New England Region. Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 49 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
