If you plan on getting your master's degree in management information systems, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #63 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Management Information Systems Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 774 master's degrees in management information systems during the 2022-2023 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on management information systems students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other management information systems students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt management information systems students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized management information systems related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for management information systems students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Management Information Systems Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Management Information Systems Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Management Information Systems in the Rocky Mountains Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in management information systems.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in MIS
It is difficult to beat Western Governors University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in management information systems. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Master's recipients from the management information systems program at Western Governors University earn $17,838 more than the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Colorado State University - Global Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in management information systems. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Aurora.
Master's recipients from the management information systems program at Colorado State University - Global Campus get $25,153 above the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
