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2023 Most Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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$67,433 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Information Science is one of the most popular subjects to study in North Carolina. With 224 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Computer Science Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Science program at each school on the list.

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the most popular school in North Carolina for information science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 40% of the IS majors at the school.

Read full report on Information Science at East Carolina University

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information science schools in North Carolina. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Full Information Science at Duke University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - North Carolina. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Morrisville, Strayer University - North Carolina is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Read full report on Information Science at Strayer University - North Carolina

Best Information Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 60
Louisiana 126
Georgia 413
Tennessee 11
Mississippi 1
Virginia 532
Arkansas 71
Alabama 76
Florida 404
South Carolina 117
Kentucky 106

Information Science is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IS Focus Areas

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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