2024 Best Information Science Doctor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in information science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #86 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 22 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Information Science Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 194 doctor's degrees in information science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

The is doctor'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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination 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 doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's 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 information science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of information science students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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 information science students go into to obtain their doctor'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 information science related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Information Science Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Information Science Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Information Science in the United States

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

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in IS

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

15 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a good option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in information science. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a doctorate in information science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

3 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in information science. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in information science from University of California - Berkeley

3

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

8 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in information science needs to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in information science from University of Maryland - College Park

4

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

11 Annual Graduates

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in information science. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in information science from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

4

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

9 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in information science. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle.More information about a doctorate in information science from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

5

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

4 Annual Graduates

Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in information science from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

6

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in information science from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

7

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

3 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in information science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

8

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

6 Annual Graduates

Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in information science from Drexel University

9

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ

3 Annual Graduates

NJIT is a large public school located in the city of Newark.More information about a doctorate in information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology

Information Science by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to IS

Information Science is one of 10 different types of Computer & Information Sciences programs to choose from.

IS Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Information Science	194

Majors Similar to IS

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	1,252
Computer Information Systems	984
Information Technology	121
Other Computer & Information Sciences	20
Computer Software & Applications	9
Data Processing	2
Computer Systems Analysis	2

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.