2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” 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 Connecticut, there were 51 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,060 and $11,868 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree it students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$20,090 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac University are $20,090, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Information Technology at Quinnipiac University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

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