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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Management Information Systems is the 72nd most popular major in the country with 11,791 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,312 general management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 341 general management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in general management information systems. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general management information systems program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Irving, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about General Management Information Systems at DeVry University - Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region list. Canyon, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s MIS degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
Full West Texas A&M University General Management Information Systems Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s MIS degrees to 279 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Phoenix - Arizona General Management Information Systems Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Management Information Systems at TSU
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region. Dallas Baptist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s MIS degrees to qualified students.
Full Dallas Baptist University General Management Information Systems Report
Northern Arizona University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s MIS degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Management Information Systems at Northern Arizona University
With a ranking of #7, University of Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region list. UD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irving, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on General Management Information Systems at UD
University of Houston ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 282 masters’s MIS degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Management Information Systems at UH
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s MIS degrees to 98 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio General Management Information Systems Report
LeTourneau University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Longview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s MIS students in 2020-2021.
Full LeTourneau University General Management Information Systems Report
University of North Texas landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of North Texas General Management Information Systems Report
DeVry University - Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this small private for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s MIS students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about General Management Information Systems at DeVry University - Arizona
Southern Methodist University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Management Information Systems at SMU
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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
- *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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