Location: Washington, DC
Delivery: Format not verifiedFormat not verified · Study intensity not published
Duration: Length not published
Tuition: Tuition not published / not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
American University
Washington, DCPrivate nonprofit MSCHEOfficial website
American University offers an MS in Data Science on campus and online, a BS in Data Science in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, two School of Public Affairs bachelor's degrees in data sciences for political science and for justice, law and criminology, and an online MS in Economics with a Data Science track.
Data science programs at American University
6 eligible programs verified (3 bachelor's, 3 master's); formats: on campus, fully online. Each program is listed separately — tuition, admissions and format belong to the program, not to the whole university.
Bachelor's Degrees in Data Science
Bachelor of Science in Data Sciences for Justice, Law, & Criminology
BS in Data Sciences for Justice, Law, & Criminology
Bachelor'sBSJoint degreeFirst-year entryTransfer entry
Location: Washington, DC
Delivery: Format not verifiedFormat not verified · Study intensity not published
Duration: Length not published
Tuition: Tuition not published / not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Bachelor of Science in Data Sciences for Political Science
BS in Data Sciences for Political Science
Bachelor'sBSJoint degreeFirst-year entryTransfer entry
Location: Washington, DC
Delivery: Format not verifiedFormat not verified · Study intensity not published
Duration: Length not published
Tuition: Tuition not published / not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Master's Degrees in Data Science
Location: Washington, DC
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
Duration: 18 mos. or your own pace · 30 credits
Tuition: $2,163 per credit · All students — On-campus graduate tuition · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $64,890 (30 credits × $2,163 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Location: Washington, DCUniversity location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Fully onlineAll coursework is online and the university states no required in-person attendance for this program.Fully online per the university; no in-person requirement found · Full-time or part-time
Duration: can be completed in 18 months · 30 credits
Tuition: $28,000 entire program · Online students — Flat rate for the program, exclusive of fees · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
Master of Science in Economics — Data Science
Online MS in Economics — Data Science Track
Master'sMSDS concentration Fully online
Location: Washington, DCUniversity location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Fully onlineAll coursework is online and the university states no required in-person attendance for this program.Fully online per the university; no in-person requirement found · Study intensity not published
Duration: structured to be completed in 2 years; as few as 20 months · 30 credits
Tuition: $28,000 entire program · Online students — Flat rate for the program, exclusive of fees · year not stated
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation
Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1928 · next review 01/01/2032
Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education
Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Institutional accreditation (recorded in the U.S. Department of Education's DAPIP database) covers the whole institution. It is not a ranking and does not describe any one program.
Departments and schools
Academic units that administer the listed programs.
- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, College of Arts & SciencesSource: www-cdn.american.edu · verified October 11, 2026
- College of Arts & SciencesSource: www-cdn.american.edu · verified October 11, 2026
- Department of Mathematics & StatisticsSource: www-cdn.american.edu · verified October 11, 2026
- School of Public Affairs, Department of GovernmentSource: www-cdn.american.edu · verified October 11, 2026
- Department of Justice, Law, Criminology & Security, School of Public AffairsSource: www-cdn.american.edu · verified October 11, 2026
- Department of Economics, College of Arts & SciencesSource: www-cdn.american.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Offerings we reviewed but do not list
This directory lists data science bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, minors, analytics or AI degrees without data science in the title…).
- Graduate Certificate in Data ScienceCertificate, not a degree.Source: www-cdn.american.edu · verified October 11, 2026
- Minor in Data ScienceMinor, not a degree.Source: www-cdn.american.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Institution
- Official name
- American University
- Control
- Private nonprofitSource: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
- Main location
- 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016-8001Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
- Degrees awarded in Data Science (IPEDS CIP 30.70, first major)
- 4 bachelor's, 31 master's (2023-24)Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Sources
Last verified October 11, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
- IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- IPEDS 2023-24 Completions (C2024_A), CIP 30.70 Data Science — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- www-cdn.american.edu/cas/economics/ms/online.cfm — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- www-cdn.american.edu/cas/mathstat/bs-data-science.cfm — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- www-cdn.american.edu/programs/shared/data-science/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- www-cdn.american.edu/spa/gov/degrees/bs-dsps.cfm — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- www-cdn.american.edu/spa/jlc/degrees/bs-dsjl.cfm — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026