University of Rochester · Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Data Science

Awarded degree: Bachelor of Arts in Data Science

Bachelor'sBAData science degree

Overview

A data science BA sharing the BS prerequisites, core courses, three-course application-area concentration and senior capstone, without the BS supplementary courses; described as a more flexible course of study.

Official program name: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Data Science
Awarded degree: Bachelor of Arts in Data Science
Source: rochester.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 Rochester — Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location: Rochester, NY
Required credits: Not verified
Duration: Not verified
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

How students enter this degree

Entry routes are not published on the pages we checked. Do not assume first-year, transfer or second-degree entry — ask the admissions office.

Why this program is listed

Data science BA degree offered by the Goergen Institute.

Source: rochester.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

Capstone

DSCC 383W Data Science Capstone, typically in senior year.
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Other

The BA is described as a more flexible course of study, popular with double majors.
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

Three-course concentration (application area).
Source: rochester.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”.

Prerequisite courses: RequiredDiscrete mathematics, CSC 171, CSC 172 and a calculus sequence before declaring the major
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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

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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

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)

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.

DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
rochester.edu/data-science/undergraduate/faq.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
rochester.edu/data-science/undergraduate/major.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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