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University of Iowa · Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Data Science, BS

Awarded degree: Bachelor of Science with a major in data science

Bachelor'sBSData science degreeFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Overview

A 120-semester-hour BS in Data Science offered jointly by Statistics and Actuarial Science and Computer Science, with prerequisite and core courses, advanced electives and a capstone practicum. An Undergraduate to Graduate (U2G) option leads to a bachelor's and master's in five years.

Official program name
Data Science, BS
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Science with a major in data science
Source: catalog.registrar.uiowa.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: grad.admissions.uiowa.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location
Iowa City, IA
Required credits
minimum of 120 s.h., including at least 64 s.h. for the major
Source: catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration
Not verified
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)

How students enter this degree

  • First-year entry. First-year admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is listed as an admission process for this major.Source: admissions.uiowa.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Transfer entry. Transfer admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is listed as an admission process for this major.Source: admissions.uiowa.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Why this program is listed

Awarded degree is a BS with a major in data science.

Source: catalog.registrar.uiowa.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
Format not verified
Class schedule
Not verified
Study intensity
Not published

Curriculum

Curriculum

Capstone

Accelerated options

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

Dates are shown with the term the university printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

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

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
Resident (in-state) — Undergraduate tuition & fees, Iowa residents, full time (estimated)From the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level$11,971per academic year · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: admissions.uiowa.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Nonresident (out-of-state) — Undergraduate tuition & fees, nonresidents, full time (estimated)From the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level$34,247per academic year · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: admissions.uiowa.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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. admissions.uiowa.edu/academics/data-science — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026
  2. admissions.uiowa.edu/finances/estimated-costs-attendance — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026
  3. catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/statistics-actuarial-science/data-science-bs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  4. grad.admissions.uiowa.edu/academics/data-science-ms — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026
  5. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

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Applied Data Science Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry
Location: Syracuse, NY
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
Duration: 4 years · 120 credits
Tuition: $69,180 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition (cost of attendance estimate) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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