2025 Best Informatics Doctor's Degree Schools

a doctor's degree in informatics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #227 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of informatics. Combined, these schools handed out 65 doctor's degrees in informatics to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Informatics School for Your Doctor's Degree

The informatics doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on informatics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of informatics students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized informatics related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Informatics 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 Informatics Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Informatics in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Informatics

1

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in informatics needs to check out Indiana University - Bloomington. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bloomington.More information about a doctorate in informatics from Indiana University - Bloomington

2

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Clemson University is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in informatics. Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson.More information about a doctorate in informatics from Clemson University

3

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Northern Arizona University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in informatics. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in informatics from Northern Arizona University

Informatics by Region

View the Best Informatics Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Informatics Related Rankings by Major

Informatics is one of 5 different types of Computer Information Systems programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer & Information Sciences	801
Information Technology	158
Artificial Intelligence	34
Other Computer & Information Sciences	7
Human-Centered Technology Design	3

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.