Data Science Bachelor of Science

Awarded degree: Bachelor of Science in Data Science

Bachelor'sBSData science degree Fully onlineFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Overview

A 120-credit bachelor's degree with 39 required major credits covering statistics, data analytics, data visualization, machine learning and artificial intelligence, ending in a data science capstone. All courses are available online, with select hybrid courses.

Official program name: Data Science Bachelor of Science
Awarded degree: Bachelor of Science in Data Science
Source: umgc.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: University of Maryland Global Campus
Location: Adelphi, MDWhere the university is located. Study is online; this is not a residency requirement and does not decide whether you may enroll from your state.
Required credits: 120 credits: 39 required major credits, 41 general education credits, 40 elective credits
Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration: Not verified
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Select hybrid courses are available; the page does not state any required in-person component.

How students enter this degree

First-year entry. Students who meet UMGC's undergraduate admission requirements can enroll; no prior data science background needed.Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Transfer entry. Up to 90 transfer credits accepted.Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Why this program is listed

Awarded degree is a Bachelor of Science in Data Science.

Source: umgc.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: Fully onlineAll coursework is online and the university states no required in-person attendance for this program.
Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
In-person attendance: In-person requirements: not published
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Not published

The pages we checked do not say whether any orientation, residency, exam or presentation must be attended in person. Ask the university before you apply — missing information is not “no requirement”.

Curriculum

Capstone

Data Science Capstone (DATA 495): a peer-reviewed report and presentation on a topic from student-affiliated organizations, employers, agencies or faculty-approved sources.
Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

Required major courses include Foundations of Data Science, Data Visualization, Foundations of Machine Learning, Advanced Machine Learning, Advanced Data Science, Data Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Solutions.
Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Accelerated options

Accelerated pathway may reduce coursework for UMGC's master's degree in data analytics or graduate certificate in business analytics.
Source: umgc.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”.

Prior college credits: RequiredHigh school graduation or equivalent (or an associate's degree / 60 credits with at least a 2.0 GPA)
Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Application fee: RequiredNew students complete the online application and pay the application fee
Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Tests

SAT / ACT: Not required
Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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.

Category	Amount	Basis and year
Resident (in-state)	$337	per creditEstimated tuition$40,440 = 120 credits × $337 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required in-person sessions, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Nonresident (out-of-state)	$499	per creditEstimated tuition$59,880 = 120 credits × $499 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required in-person sessions, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Military	$250	per creditEstimated tuition$30,000 = 120 credits × $250 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required in-person sessions, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: umgc.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Estimated total tuition: $59,880 (120 credits × $499 per credit)

Comparison basis: Nonresident (out-of-state), academic year not stated. Excludes mandatory fees, books, living costs and any rate changes during the program. How we calculate

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

Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) — 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)

Not verified — check the university's state authorization page before applying from outside Maryland.

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.

DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
umgc.edu/admission/requirements/undergraduate — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026
umgc.edu/online-degrees/bachelors/data-science — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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