2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region
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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 a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2019-2020, 28,174 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 593 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 320 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the information technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.
Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in the New England Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Granite State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Concord, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree it students list, GSC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $12,507 for new england region bachelor’s degree it students per year to attend GSC.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Plymouth State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Plymouth State is $19,316 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IT students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.
UNH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $24,067 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IT students per year to attend UNH.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Maine at Augusta is a small public school situated in Augusta, Maine. It awarded 17 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree it students list, UMA has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMA is $10,631 for new england region bachelor’s degree it students.
Full University of Maine at Augusta Information Technology Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the #5 spot on the list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree it students list, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.
The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
University of Connecticut came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 41 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.
UCONN also made our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Connecticut is $22,012 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IT students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Connecticut Information Technology Report
University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 146 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.
UMass Boston also took the #4 spot in our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston is $18,340 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IT students.
Read full report on Information Technology at University of Massachusetts - Boston
Sacred Heart University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. This medium-sized school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.
Sacred Heart also took the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $41,191 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree IT students per year to attend Sacred Heart University.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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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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%.
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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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