2025 Best Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in computer science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #22 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 181 doctor's degrees in computer science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Computer Science School for Your Doctor's Degree

The computer science 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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer science students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer science 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 Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Computer Science in the New England Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in computer science.

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Computer Science

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

68 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great option for students interested in a doctor's degree in computer science. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.More information about a doctorate in computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Brown University is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in computer science. Brown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence.More information about a doctorate in computer science from Brown University

3

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Boston University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in computer science. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer science from Boston University

4

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Massachusetts Amherst if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in computer science. UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the small city of Amherst.More information about a doctorate in computer science from University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Computer Science Colleges by State

Explore the best computer science schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	115
Rhode Island	119	11
New Hampshire	56	9
Maine	53	0
Vermont	33	3

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Computer Science Related Rankings by Major

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space. More about our data sources and methodologies.