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Bowling Green State University

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Bowling Green State University offers an MS and a PhD in Data Science through the Department of Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences, taught with faculty from mathematics and statistics and from applied statistics and operations research. At the bachelor's level, data science is a specialization within the BS in Mathematics and, as computational data science, within the BS in Computer Science.

Data science programs at Bowling Green State University

4 eligible programs verified (2 bachelor's, 1 master's, 1 phd); formats: on campus. Each program is listed separately — tuition, admissions and format belong to the program, not to the whole university.

Bachelor's Degrees in Data Science

Master's Degrees in Data Science

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Bowling Green State University

Master of Science in Data Science

Master of Science (M.S.) Data Science

Master'sMS
Location: Bowling Green, OH
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
Duration: Length not published · 30 credits
Tuition: $573.49 per credit · Resident (in-state) — Main Campus Graduate, Ohio resident, per credit hour (instructional fee $500.32 + general fee $73.17) · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $27,190.20 (30 credits × $906.34 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: November 6, 2026 · Spring 2027
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PhD Programs in Data Science

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Bowling Green State University

Doctor of Philosophy in Data Science

Doctorate Data Science (Ph.D.)

PhDPartial funding
Location: Bowling Green, OH
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
Duration: Length not published · 60 credits
Tuition: $573.49 per credit · Resident (in-state) — Main Campus Graduate, Ohio resident, per credit hour (instructional fee $500.32 + general fee $73.17) · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $54,380.40 (60 credits × $906.34 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: November 6, 2026 · Spring 2027
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1916 · next review 08/31/2033

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

The university states: “Bowling Green State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission” Source: bgsu.edu · verified October 11, 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.

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…).
  • Analytics - MSA (Master of Science in Analytics)Analytics degree without data science in the title.Source: bgsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Applied Statistics (ASOR): Business Analytics - MSApplied statistics degree with a business analytics option; data science not in the title.Source: bgsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Data Science minorMinor, not a degree.Source: bgsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
Bowling Green State University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
220 McFall Ctr, Bowling Green, OH 43403
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Degrees awarded in Data Science (IPEDS CIP 30.70, first major)
6 master's, 4 doctoral (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.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2023-24 Completions (C2024_A), CIP 30.70 Data Science — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 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
  4. bgsu.edu/academics/computational-data-science.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  5. bgsu.edu/academics/data-science.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  6. bgsu.edu/academics/graduate/data-science-ms.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. bgsu.edu/admissions/graduate/graduate-application-instructions/gradadmissionsdeadlines.html — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026
  8. bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/computer-science/graduate.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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