2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Management Information Systems

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In 2020-2021, 11,791 people earned their degree in general management information systems, making the major the 72nd most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 general management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general management information systems. That schools that top this list have a program in general management information systems in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major”.

Top 6 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Management Information Systems

1

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Tempe, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major list. UOPX - Arizona is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 doctorate’s MIS degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on General Management Information Systems at UOPX - Arizona

2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Management Information Systems at UNC Greensboro

3

The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Management Information Systems at UTSA

4

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major. Wazzu is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 110 doctorate’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Wazzu General Management Information Systems Report

4

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major list. UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s MIS degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on General Management Information Systems at University of Connecticut

4

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on MIS Major. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 doctorate’s MIS degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Management Information Systems at Mississippi State University

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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