2025 Best Computer Information Systems Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in computer information systems, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #31 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 Computer Information Systems Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 35 doctor's degrees in computer information systems during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer information systems students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer information systems students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for computer information systems to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer information systems related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer information systems students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Information Systems Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Computer Information Systems in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in computer information systems.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in CIS

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

23 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Northeastern University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in computer information systems. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in computer information systems from Northeastern University

2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

12 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in computer information systems. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer information systems from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Best Computer Information Systems Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Computer Information Systems Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	93	9
Rhode Island	78	0
New Hampshire	47	1
Maine	46	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to CIS

One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Computer Information Systems has other similar majors worth exploring.

CIS Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer & Information Sciences	35

Most Popular Majors Related to CIS

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	161
Information Technology	5

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.