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2023 Most Popular Information Science Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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

With 856 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information science is the #24 most popular major in New Jersey.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Information Science Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Science program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for IS majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named New Jersey Institute of Technology the most popular school in New Jersey for information science students working on their master’s degree. NJIT is a large public school located in the city of Newark.

About 38% of the students majoring in IS at the school are women while 62% are male.

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Out of the 4 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the # 2 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

About 80% of the students majoring in IS at the school are women while 20% are male.

Full Information Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

Out of the 4 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Information Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Strayer University - New Jersey helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information science schools in New Jersey. Strayer University - New Jersey is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cherry Hill.

Read full report on Information Science at Strayer University - New Jersey

Best Information Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,560
New York 2,210
Maryland 3,677
District of Columbia 180
Delaware 32

One of 10 majors within the area of study, information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to IS

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

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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