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University of Wisconsin-Madison · Department of Statistics

Data Science, BS

Awarded degree: Bachelor of Science (Data Science major)

Bachelor'sBSData science degreeFirst-year entry

Overview

An on-campus Data Science major in the College of Letters & Science, administered by the Department of Statistics and paired with the Bachelor of Science degree requirements (120 degree credits). Students may declare in their first semester on campus.

Official program name
Data Science, BS
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Science (Data Science major)
Source: guide.wisc.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: guide.wisc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location
Madison, WI
Required credits
120 degree credits
Source: guide.wisc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration
Not verified
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)

The same Data Science major can be paired with the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements (separate record).

How students enter this degree

  • First-year entry. Students may declare the major in their first semester on campus.Source: guide.wisc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Why this program is listed

Data Science major completed with the Bachelor of Science degree requirements in the College of Letters & Science.

Source: guide.wisc.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: guide.wisc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Class schedule
Not verified
Study intensity
Not published

Curriculum

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

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”.
Minimum GPA
RequiredMinimum 2 — At least a 2.000 GPA on coursework counting in the major if courses have been completed at UW-Madison
Source: guide.wisc.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Other requirement
RequiredFewer than 86 credits and attendance at a data science major declaration event to declare
Source: guide.wisc.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

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.

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. guide.wisc.edu/graduate/statistics/statistics-ms/statistics-statistics-data-science-ms/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  2. guide.wisc.edu/undergraduate/letters-science/statistics/data-science-bs/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  3. 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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Bachelor of Science in Applied Data Science

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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