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2023 Most Popular Online Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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$67,433 Avg Salary

Information Science is the #38 most popular major in the country with 6,934 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for IS majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

Our analysis found Norwich University to be the most popular school for information science students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the distant town of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in IS at Norwich, 93% are male and 7% are female.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 57% of the IS majors at the school.

Full Information Science at University of Maine Report

#3

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Merrimack College is a great place for information science students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of North Andover, Merrimack is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Information Science at Merrimack College

Explore the most popular online information science colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 378
Maine 8
Vermont 69

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Information Science is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Technology 10,754
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project.

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