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2023 Best Value Information Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$27,922 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$123,162 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Doctor's Degree School for You

Information Science is the #38 most popular major in the country with 6,934 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Information Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for IS students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the IS doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Information Science

Our analysis found Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus to be the best value school for information science students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 per year.

Georgia Tech also made our Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #4.

Full Information Science at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great value for information science students working on their doctor’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 a year.

UNC Chapel Hill excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Information Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#3

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

NUS Florida graduate students pay an average of $22,790 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Information Science at Nova Southeastern University

#4

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Florida State University is a great value for information science students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 a year.

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Best Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best information science colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 99
Florida 235
Georgia 56
North Carolina 97
Tennessee 5
Kentucky 18
Louisiana 21
Alabama 40
South Carolina 1
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 32
West Virginia 12

Information Science is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Technology 10,754
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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.

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