2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in information science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree is students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s IS students in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$94,408 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 351 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Boston University Information Science Report

#3

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 32 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Information Science at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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