Best Web programs in Massachusetts, ranked by enrollment
Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices.
67 schools in Massachusetts run programs that feed this job, graduating 10,094 people a year. The job pays a median of $113,540 in Massachusetts across about 2,740 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Massachusetts that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
13 programs in Massachusetts that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Massachusetts (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Massachusetts page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 11.0701In Massachusetts → | 5,223 | 51.7% | 42 | $70,374 | $23,250 |
| 2 | CIP 11.0101In Massachusetts → | 2,762 | 27.4% | 26 | $57,986 | $24,286 |
| 3 | CIP 11.0401In Massachusetts → | 635 | 6.3% | 11 | $57,313 | $25,833 |
| 4 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimediamain feeder CIP 09.0702In Massachusetts → | 405 | 4.0% | 13 | $29,112 | $23,836 |
| 5 | CIP 50.0409In Massachusetts → | 366 | 3.6% | 22 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 6 | CIP 11.0104In Massachusetts → | 351 | 3.5% | 4 | $57,986 | $24,286 |
| 7 | Human Computer Interactionmain feeder CIP 30.3101In Massachusetts → | 152 | 1.5% | 4 | $57,986 | $25,812 |
| 8 | CIP 50.0401In Massachusetts → | 68 | 0.7% | 5 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 9 | CIP 11.0105In Massachusetts → | 38 | 0.4% | 2 | $57,986 | $24,286 |
| 10 | CIP 11.1004In Massachusetts → | 35 | 0.3% | 1 | $48,185 | $25,250 |
| 11 | CIP 11.0201In Massachusetts → | 32 | 0.3% | 6 | $46,719 | $20,729 |
| 12 | CIP 11.0801In Massachusetts → | 24 | 0.2% | 7 | $33,504 | $27,000 |
| 13 | CIP 52.1404In Massachusetts → | 3 | 0.0% | 2 | $44,670 | $24,250 |
Top 25 schools in Massachusetts
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 34 of the 67 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeastern University Boston, MA Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 2,161 | Computer and Information Sciences, General | $115,587 | 91% | $18,925 | 5% |
| 2 | Boston University Boston, MA Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 1,107 | Computer Science | $90,050 | 89% | $21,956 | 11% |
| 3 | University of Massachusetts - Amherst Amherst, MA Public · 3 feeder programs | 986 | Computer Science | $88,554 | 83% | — | 60% |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 767 | Computer Science | $154,492 | 96% | $11,666 | 5% |
| 5 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private not-for-profit · 7 feeder programs | 470 | Computer Science | $152,251 | 98% | $15,013 | 4% |
| 6 | University of Massachusetts - Lowell Lowell, MA Public · 5 feeder programs | 460 | Computer Science | $86,167 | 65% | — | 83% |
| 7 | Tufts University Medford, MA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 447 | Computer Science | $105,659 | 94% | $23,570 | 11% |
| 8 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 412 | Computer Science | $93,888 | 90% | $32,926 | 60% |
| 9 | Clark University Worcester, MA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 364 | Computer Science | — | 77% | $23,332 | 40% |
| 10 | University of Massachusetts - Boston Boston, MA Public · 3 feeder programs | 310 | Computer Science | — | 49% | — | 84% |
| 11 | Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 212 | Informatics | $115,587 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Merrimack College North Andover, MA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 196 | Computer Science | $70,256 | 70% | $33,877 | 70% |
| 13 | University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA Public · 3 feeder programs | 163 | Computer and Information Sciences, General | $77,970 | 52% | — | 91% |
| 14 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 157 | Computer Science | $86,749 | 91% | $21,126 | 16% |
| 15 | Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA Public · 5 feeder programs | 157 | Computer Science | $30,332 | 13% | — | — |
| 16 | Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 152 | Computer Science | $85,954 | 68% | $32,713 | 91% |
| 17 | Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA Public · 3 feeder programs | 129 | Computer Science | — | 55% | — | 87% |
| 18 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 102 | Computer Science | $80,431 | 86% | $25,074 | 40% |
| 19 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA Public · 2 feeder programs | 91 | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | — | 69% | — | 76% |
| 20 | Bentley University Waltham, MA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 86 | Computer and Information Sciences, General | $72,227 | 87% | $31,677 | 45% |
| 21 | Suffolk University Boston, MA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 74 | Information Science/Studies | $56,780 | 61% | $28,895 | 82% |
| 22 | Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA Public · 1 feeder programs | 65 | Computer Science | $57,007 | 53% | — | 88% |
| 23 | Williams College Williamstown, MA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 62 | Computer Science | $110,814 | 94% | $10,747 | 8% |
| 24 | Amherst College Amherst, MA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 59 | Computer Science | $100,596 | 94% | $16,081 | 9% |
| 25 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 55 | Computer and Information Sciences, General | $100,644 | 92% | $19,292 | 14% |
All 67 schools in Massachusetts
Every school in Massachusetts with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | 2,161 | 5 |
| Boston University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | 1,107 | 5 |
| University of Massachusetts - Amherst | Amherst | Public | 986 | 3 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | 767 | 3 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | 470 | 7 |
| University of Massachusetts - Lowell | Lowell | Public | 460 | 5 |
| Tufts University | Medford | Private not-for-profit | 447 | 2 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | 412 | 2 |
| Clark University | Worcester | Private not-for-profit | 364 | 3 |
| University of Massachusetts - Boston | Boston | Public | 310 | 3 |
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | Boston | Private not-for-profit | 212 | 2 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | Private not-for-profit | 196 | 3 |
| University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth | North Dartmouth | Public | 163 | 3 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private not-for-profit | 157 | 2 |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | Public | 157 | 5 |
What web and digital interface designers earn in Massachusetts
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $104,000. Massachusetts pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Massachusetts
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Web and Digital Interface Designers page.
How to become a Web
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Massachusetts
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 13 majors mapped to Web and Digital Interface Designers13 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 09.0702Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
- 11.0101Computer and Information Sciences, General
- 11.0104Informatics
- 11.0105Human-Centered Technology Design
- 11.0201Computer Programming/Programmer, General
- 11.0401Information Science/Studies
- 11.0701Computer Science
- 11.0801Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
- 11.1004Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster
- 30.3101Human Computer Interaction
- 50.0401Design and Visual Communications, General
- 50.0409Graphic Design
- 52.1404Digital Marketing
Common questions
Answers for people weighing web and digital interface designers programs in Massachusetts.
What degree do you need to become a Web?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Computer Science, which awarded 5,223 degrees in Massachusetts in 2024-25, 51.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Web?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 13 programs to this occupation. The largest are Computer Science, Computer and Information Sciences, Information Science/Studies, Design and Applied Arts, plus 6 more. Together they graduate about 10,094 people a year in Massachusetts.
How much do web and digital interface designers earn in Massachusetts?+
The median is $113,540 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 9.2% above the U.S. median of $104,000. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for web and digital interface designers growing?+
BLS projects a +7.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 9,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Massachusetts?+
67 institutions in Massachusetts reported graduates from at least one of the 13 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do web and digital interface designers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Designer, Webmaster, Web Designer, Game Designer, Web Architect, World Designer among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 15-1255.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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