Massachusetts contains sixteen schools that offer information assurance programs. Boston College, the highest-ranking information assurance school in MA, has a total student population of 15,036 and is the 29th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 16 information assurance schools in Massachusetts, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northeastern University comes out as the most expensive ($32,703/yr), with Bristol Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,151/yr.
Information Assurance students from Massachusetts schools who go on to become information assurance specialists, computer security specialists, database administrators, computer and information scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 26,130 people working as computer and information scientists, research alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $105,370. Also, Medical records and health information technicians make on average $33,880 per year and there are about 170,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Massachusetts alone, there are 5,800 employed medical records and health information technicians earning an average yearly salary of $39,310. Computer and information scientists, research in this state earn $121,280/yr and there are 1,500 employed.
Also, within the information assurance schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from information assurance, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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