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Data Science Major

Awarded degree: Bachelor of Arts (major in Data Science)

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Overview

An undergraduate data science major with 11 department courses plus related mathematics, technical/domain science and ethics courses, including a data science project capstone course. Students declare the major after completing three foundational courses.

Official program name
Data Science Major
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Arts (major in Data Science)
Source: statistics.northwestern.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level
Bachelor's
Program classification
Dedicated data science degreeThe awarded degree or official program title is data science itself.
School
Source: statistics.northwestern.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location
Evanston, IL
Required credits
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)

How students enter this degree

Why this program is listed

Undergraduate major in Data Science in the Weinberg College Department of Statistics and Data Science; Weinberg College awards the bachelor of arts degree. The major page does not print the degree abbreviation itself.

Source: statistics.northwestern.edu · verified October 11, 2026

We list data science bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees — dedicated, joint, and (separately labelled) related degrees with an officially named data science concentration. Eligibility rules

Format and attendance

Delivery, required in-person attendance, class schedule and study intensity are shown separately, each only as the university states it. “Fully online” appears only when official wording supports it.
Academic delivery
On campusClasses meet in person on campus.Classes meet in person on campus.
Source: statistics.northwestern.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Class schedule
Not verified
Study intensity
Not published

Curriculum

Curriculum

  • 11 department courses plus related mathematics, technical and domain science electives (2 units) and an ethics course (1 unit).
    Source: catalogs.northwestern.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Capstone

Other

  • Three foundational courses (programming, introductory statistics, one required math course) must be completed before declaring the major.
    Source: statistics.northwestern.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the university states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Admission requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

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Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

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Tuition for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Funding

Funding policy and awards exactly as the university publishes them. Available assistantships do not establish guaranteed funding; loans must be repaid and are not scholarships. Understanding funding

Funding classification: Funding not verified

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable.

Scholarships, fellowships or assistantships for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Accreditation and enrollment restrictions

Two separate questions: is the university institutionally accredited, and does it publish restrictions on who can enroll (for online programs, usually by state of residence)?

Institutional accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Programmatic accreditation

No programmatic accreditation verified for this program. Institutional accreditation does not imply it.

Published enrollment restrictions (state authorization)

None recorded for this program.

International applicants

Not verified for this program.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 11, 2026.
  1. catalogs.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/arts-sciences/statistics-data-science/data-science-major/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  2. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. statistics.northwestern.edu/graduate/phd-program/index.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  4. statistics.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/data_science_major/declaring_ds_major.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  5. statistics.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/data_science_major/index.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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