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

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Finding the Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

Our analysis found Norwich University to be the most popular school for information science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the 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

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information science schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a 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 graduate certificate. Located in the large 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

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Southern Maine helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information science schools in the New England Region . Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Information Science at University of Southern Maine Report

Best Information Science Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 378
Maine 8
Vermont 69

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 4 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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