2024 Best Computer Information Systems Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Computer Information Systems Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 43 doctor's degrees in computer information systems during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * 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

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 computer information systems students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of computer information systems 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 computer information systems 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 computer information systems related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Computer Information Systems Schools

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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey

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

Top New Jersey Schools for a Doctorate in CIS

1

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ

18 Annual Graduates

New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in computer information systems. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.More information about a doctorate in computer information systems from New Jersey Institute of Technology

2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

25 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in computer information systems. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer information systems from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

 

Best Computer Information Systems Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	79
New York	174	81
Maryland	119	56
Delaware	53	9

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Computer Information Systems Related Rankings by Major

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

CIS Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer & Information Sciences	43

Most Popular Majors Related to CIS

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Information Science	16
Computer Science	15

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.