2025 Best Information Science Master's Degree Schools in Texas

Information Science is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #33 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 14 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Information Science Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,646 master's degrees in information science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Information Science School for Your Master's Degree

The is master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 information science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other information science 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 easy is it for information science to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information science students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Information Science Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Information Science Master's Degree Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Information Science in Texas

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

10 Top Texas Schools for a Master's in IS

1

The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX

551 Annual Graduates

$86,410 Median Starting Salary

The University of Texas at Dallas is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in information science. UT Dallas is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

Information Science master's degree recipients from The University of Texas at Dallas receive an earnings boost of around $8,052 over the typical earnings of information science graduates.

More information about a master’s in information science from The University of Texas at Dallas

2

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

174 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a master's degree in information science. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.More information about a master’s in information science from Texas A&M University - College Station

3

Baylor University
Waco, TX

13 Annual Graduates

Baylor University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in information science. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in information science from Baylor University

4

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

192 Annual Graduates

$54,007 Median Starting Salary

The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in information science. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.

Master's students who receive their degree from the is program earn around $54,007 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in information science from The University of Texas at Austin

5

The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX

171 Annual Graduates

UT Arlington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Arlington.More information about a master’s in information science from The University of Texas at Arlington

6

University of Houston
Houston, TX

31 Annual Graduates

UH is a very large public university located in the city of Houston.More information about a master’s in information science from University of Houston

7

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

158 Annual Graduates

$56,149 Median Starting Salary

UNT is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Denton.

Students who graduate with their master's from the is program state that they receive average early career income of $56,149.

More information about a master’s in information science from University of North Texas

8

University of Houston - Victoria
Victoria, TX

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Victoria, UH Victoria is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in information science from University of Houston - Victoria

9

Lamar University
Beaumont, TX

142 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in information science from Lamar University

10

Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, TX

17 Annual Graduates

Located in the rural area of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in information science from Prairie View A & M University

Best Information Science Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Information Science Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	180	10
New Mexico	114	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to IS

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

IS Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Information Science	1,646

Majors Similar to IS

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	3,913
Computer Science	718
Information Technology	280
Computer Software & Applications	19

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project. More about our data sources and methodologies.