Data Science Schools in the United States

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, ILPublicAccredited: HLC

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers nine undergraduate 'X + Data Science' degrees that pair a field such as accountancy, astronomy, business, chemical engineering or information sciences with a common data science core. At the graduate level it offers an online MS in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science and a data science track in the online Master of Computer Science.

• BSBachelor of Science in Accountancy + Data Science
• BSLASBachelor of Science in Liberal Arts & Sciences in Astronomy plus Data Science
• BSBachelor of Science in Business plus Data Science
• BSBachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering plus Data Science
• BSBachelor of Science in Finance plus Data Science
• BSBachelor of Science in Information Sciences + Data Science
• + 4 more programs

Iowa City, IAPublicAccredited: HLC

At the University of Iowa, the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science offers a BS in Data Science (with the Department of Computer Science) and a 30-semester-hour MS in Data Science with a required capstone. The College of Public Health offers a Master of Public Health with a health data science subprogram.

• BSBachelor of Science with a major in data science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, MDPublicAccredited: MSCHE

University of Maryland Global Campus offers a 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Data Science with all courses available online and up to 90 transfer credits accepted. Its graduate data programs are an MS in Data Analytics and an MS in Applied Artificial Intelligence, neither of which carries data science in the degree title.

• BSBachelor of Science in Data ScienceFully online

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MAPublicAccredited: NECHE

UMass Amherst offers a B.S. in Statistics and Data Science in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, a Data Science concentration in the BS in Informatics, and an optional Data Science concentration in the on-campus MS in Computer Science at the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences.

• BSBachelor of Science in Statistics and Data Science

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MIPublicAccredited: HLC

The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor offers an online Master of Applied Data Science through the School of Information and an on-campus MS in Data Science through the LSA Department of Statistics. Undergraduates can major in data science in either the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts or the College of Engineering, which awards a B.S.E. in Data Science.

• BSEBachelor of Science in Engineering (Data Science)
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science
• MADSMaster of Applied Data ScienceFully online

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MNPublicAccredited: HLC

At the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the School of Public Health's Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science offers a Public Health Data Science MPH. Data science degrees in the College of Science and Engineering could not be verified because its pages returned bot-protection errors.

• MPHMaster of Public Health (MPH), Public Health Data Science

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NCPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

UNC Charlotte's School of Data Science offers an on-campus B.S. in Data Science, two on-campus master's degrees that pair data science with business analytics or health analytics, and a 74-credit Ph.D. in Data Science. The M.S. in Data Science and Business Analytics is based at the Dubois Center in Center City Charlotte.

• BSBachelor of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science and Business Analytics
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science and Health Analytics
• PhDDoctor of Philosophy in Data Science

University of North Texas

Denton, TXPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

UNT's Anuradha and Vikas Sinha Department of Data Science offers a BS, an MS and a PhD in Data Science, with courses in Denton, Frisco and online; the MS can be completed entirely online. The Department of Information Science also offers a Data Science concentration in its BS and PhD in Information Science.

• BSBachelor of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science
• PhDDoctor of Philosophy in Data Science

Notre Dame, INPrivate nonprofitAccredited: HLC

The University of Notre Dame offers an online Master of Science (Professional) in Data Science through the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics. Undergraduates can take a data science minor; no data science bachelor's or doctoral degree was found.

• MSMaster of Science (Professional) in Data ScienceOnline + required attendance

University of Oregon

Eugene, ORPublicAccredited: NWCCU

The University of Oregon's Department of Data Science, in the School of Computer and Data Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences, offers a BA/BS in data science with a domain emphasis and an MS in Data Science whose first cohort started in fall 2026.

• BSBachelor of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PAPrivate nonprofitAccredited: MSCHE

The University of Pennsylvania offers data science degrees through Penn Engineering (an on-campus MSE in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence and an online MSE in Data Science) and through the Wharton Department of Statistics and Data Science (a PhD and a bridge MA in Statistics and Data Science, and an undergraduate Statistics and Data Science concentration).

• MSEMaster of Science in Engineering in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
• MSEMaster of Science in Engineering in Data ScienceFully online
• MAMaster of Arts in Statistics and Data Science
• PhDDoctor of Philosophy in Statistics and Data Science

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PAPublicAccredited: MSCHE

The University of Pittsburgh's School of Computing and Information (SCI) offers an on-campus B.S. in Data Science, run jointly with the Department of Statistics and the Department of Mathematics, and a fully online Master of Data Science (MDS) delivered in partnership with Coursera, with admission through a performance-based pathway course.

• BSBachelor of Science in Data Science
• MDSMaster of Data ScienceFully online

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RIPublicAccredited: NECHE

The University of Rhode Island's Data Science Program in the College of Arts and Sciences offers a Data Science BA, a Data Science BS with Applied Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science and Statistics tracks, and a fully online 30-credit Master of Science in Data Science.

• BABachelor of Arts in Data Science
• BSBachelor of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data ScienceFully online

University of Rochester

Rochester, NYPrivate nonprofitAccredited: MSCHE

The Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences offers BA and BS degrees in data science, an in-person MS in Data Science (with a genomics track), and an online MS in Healthcare Data Science and AI.

• BABachelor of Arts in Data Science
• BSBachelor of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science and AIFully online

San Diego, CAPrivate nonprofitAccredited: WSCUC

The University of San Diego offers an online Master of Science in Applied Data Science through its Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering. A full-time on-campus version is announced as coming soon.

• MSMaster of Science in Applied Data ScienceFully online

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VAPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

The University of Virginia's School of Data Science offers a B.S. in Data Science, an M.S. in Data Science in a full-time residential format and a part-time online format, and a Ph.D. in Data Science.

• BSBachelor of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data ScienceOnline + required attendance
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science
• PhDDoctor of Philosophy in Data Science

University of Washington

Seattle, WAPublicAccredited: NWCCU

The University of Washington's Seattle campus offers a fee-based, evening Master of Science in Data Science taught on campus by an interdisciplinary faculty group, with full-time and part-time options. Undergraduates can earn data science options within majors such as Computer Science and Statistics.

• MSMaster of Science in Data Science

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Eau Claire, WIPublicAccredited: HLC

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire awards an online Master of Science in Data Science through its Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences. The 30-credit program is part of a collaborative Universities of Wisconsin program in which students choose a home campus.

• MSMaster of Science in Data ScienceFully online

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WIPublicAccredited: HLC

The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers a Data Science major with BA and BS degree options and an MS in Data Science run jointly by the Statistics and Computer Sciences departments, plus an MS and PhD in Biomedical Data Science in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics. Data science named options also exist within the Statistics MS and the Psychology MS. All are listed as face-to-face programs in the 2026-2027 Guide.

• BABachelor of Arts (Data Science major)
• BSBachelor of Science (Data Science major)
• MSMaster of Science in Biomedical Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science
• PhDDoctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Data Science

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MAPrivate nonprofitAccredited: NECHE

WPI's interdisciplinary Data Science program, drawing on Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences and the Business School, offers a BS, an MS (on campus and online) and a PhD in Data Science. Master's students complete a Graduate Qualifying Project or a thesis, and a five-year Bachelor's/Master's option is available.

• BSBachelor of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science
• MSMaster of Science in Data Science
• PhDDoctor of Philosophy in Data Science