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Penn State offers a Data Sciences B.S. at University Park with three options housed in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, the Eberly College of Science and the College of Engineering. Penn State World Campus offers an online M.S. in Spatial Data Science.

Data science programs at Pennsylvania State University

2 eligible programs verified (1 bachelor's, 1 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

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Pennsylvania State University

Bachelor of Science in Data Sciences

Data Sciences, B.S.

Bachelor'sBS
Location: University Park, PA
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
Duration: Length not published · 123 credits
Tuition: Tuition not published / not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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Master's Degrees in Data Science

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Pennsylvania State University

Master of Science in Spatial Data Science

Master'sMS Fully online
Location: University Park, PAUniversity 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: Length not published · 33 credits
Tuition: $1,048 per credit · Online students — 11 or fewer credits per semester · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $34,584 (33 credits × $1,048 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: July 1, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Accreditation

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1921 · 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.

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…).
  • Master of Data Analytics (World Campus / University Park)Analytics degree without data science in the title.Source: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Functional Data Analytics, B.S.Analytics degree without data science in the title.Source: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Social Data Analytics, B.S.Analytics degree without data science in the title.Source: datascience.psu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Graduate Certificate in Foundations of Data ScienceGraduate certificate, not a degree.Source: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
Pennsylvania State University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
201 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802-1503
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Degrees awarded in Data Science (IPEDS CIP 30.70, first major)
122 bachelor'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.
  1. bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/information-sciences-technology/data-sciences-bs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  2. datascience.psu.edu/education/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  3. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. IPEDS 2023-24 Completions (C2024_A), CIP 30.70 Data Science — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  6. worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/penn-state-online-spatial-data-science-masters-degree — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/topics/data-science — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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Pennsylvania State University Data Science Degrees (Bachelor's, Master's)