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2023 Best Information Science Doctor's Degree Schools

24 Colleges
$123,162 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 18,325 information science students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Information Science Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for computer science students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Information Science Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Information Science Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus the best school in the United States for information science students working on their doctor’s degree. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best information science schools in the United States. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree information science programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on this year’s best schools for information science students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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New Jersey Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for information science students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

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#9

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

Dakota State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree information science programs. Dakota State is a small public school located in the distant town of Madison.

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#10

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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Middle Atlantic
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Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

IS Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Information Science 18,325

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 24 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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