2025 Best Information Technology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a doctor's degree in information technology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #137 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 looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Information Technology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 107 doctor's degrees in information technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Information Technology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of information technology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. 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 good 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 many resources a school devotes to information technology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other information technology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 information technology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Information Technology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Information Technology in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in IT

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

George Mason University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in information technology. GMU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax.More information about a doctorate in information technology from George Mason University

2

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

61 Annual Graduates

University of the Cumberlands is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in information technology. Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Williamsburg.More information about a doctorate in information technology from University of the Cumberlands

3

Middle Georgia State University
Macon, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in information technology has to check out Middle Georgia State University. Middle Georgia State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of Macon.More information about a doctorate in information technology from Middle Georgia State University

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	190	0
Virginia	182	10
Kentucky	119	9

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Information Technology Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Computer Information Systems area of study, Information Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer & Information Sciences	248
Informatics	11

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.