an associate degree in management information systems is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #102 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for management information systems students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 associate degrees in management information systems during the 2022-2023 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 associate 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 associate 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 colleges for management information systems students working on their associate 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 Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Management Information Systems in the Southeast Region
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for management information systems students seeking a an associate degree.
Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in MIS
Rasmussen University - Florida is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in management information systems. Located in the city of Ocala, Rasmussen University - Florida is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
Soon after graduating, mis associate recipients usually make around $46,337 in the first five years of their career.
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).
