2025 Best Computer Information Systems Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you pursue a master's degree in computer information systems, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #9 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 55 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for computer information systems students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 7,700 master's degrees in computer information systems to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Computer Information Systems School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of computer information systems for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality cis program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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 computer information systems students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer information systems students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 master'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer information systems students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Computer Information Systems Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Computer Information Systems Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Computer Information Systems in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in computer information systems. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in CIS

1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

2,731 Annual Graduates

$150,671 Median Starting Salary

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in computer information systems. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

Master's recipients from the computer information systems major at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus get $62,854 more than the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in computer information systems from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

80 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in computer information systems has to take a look at University of Virginia - Main Campus. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a master’s in computer information systems from University of Virginia - Main Campus

3

Duke University
Durham, NC

11 Annual Graduates

Duke University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in computer information systems. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a master’s in computer information systems from Duke University

4

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

307 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in computer information systems has to take a look at Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.More information about a master’s in computer information systems from Virginia Tech

5

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

299 Annual Graduates

$130,014 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a very large student population.

Those computer information systems students who get their master's degree from George Mason University make $42,197 more than the average cis graduate.

More information about a master’s in computer information systems from George Mason University

6

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

389 Annual Graduates

UF is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.More information about a master’s in computer information systems from University of Florida

7

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

76 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in computer information systems from Clemson University

8

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

169 Annual Graduates

$81,834 Median Starting Salary

Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tallahassee.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the cis program make about $81,834 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a master’s in computer information systems from Florida State University

9

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

14 Annual Graduates

VCU is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond.More information about a master’s in computer information systems from Virginia Commonwealth University

10

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in computer information systems from North Carolina State University

11

William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

16 Annual Graduates

William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Williamsburg.More information about a master’s in computer information systems from William & Mary

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Computer Information Systems students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best Computer Information Systems Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank	College	Location
12	University of Georgia	Athens, GA
13	The University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL
14	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY
15	Georgia State University	Atlanta, GA
16	Florida International University	Miami, FL
17	University of Alabama in Huntsville	Huntsville, AL
18	Florida Polytechnic University	Lakeland, FL

Best Computer Information Systems Colleges by State

Explore the best computer information systems schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	796
Georgia	190	2,408
Virginia	182	543
North Carolina	178	99
Tennessee	166	119
Alabama	151	150
Kentucky	147	497
Louisiana	147	19
South Carolina	146	98
Mississippi	145	45
Arkansas	121	143
West Virginia	112	11

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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	5,475
Information Technology	1,985
Other Computer & Information Sciences	87
Informatics	78
Artificial Intelligence	55
Human-Centered Technology Design	20

Majors Similar to CIS

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	2,392
Information Technology	2,292
Computer Systems Analysis	808
Computer Software & Applications	667
Information Science	663
Other Computer & Information Sciences	166
Computer Systems Networking	149
Computer Programming	19

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.