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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.

Data science programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst

3 eligible programs verified (2 bachelor's, 1 master's); 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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University of Massachusetts Amherst

Master of Science in Computer Science — Data Science Concentration

MS in Computer Science — Data Science Concentration

Master'sMSDS concentration
Location: Amherst, MA
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
Duration: Two to four years, depending on course load (depends on course load each semester) · 30 credits
Tuition: $29,435 (basis not stated by the institution) · Resident (in-state) — Total Tuition & Mandatory Fees, In-State · year not stated
Next deadline: December 15, 2026 · Fall 2027
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Accreditation

  • New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1932 · next review 06/30/2029

    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…).
  • Graduate Certificate in Statistical and Computational Data ScienceGraduate certificate, not a degree.Source: ds.cs.umass.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • BS or BA in Computer ScienceGeneric computer science degree; data science appears only as electives.Source: ds.cs.umass.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Master of Science in StatisticsStatistics degree without data science in the title or a named data science concentration.Source: umass.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
374 Whitmore Building 181 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Degrees awarded in Data Science (IPEDS CIP 30.70, first major)
55 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.
  1. ds.cs.umass.edu/education — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. IPEDS 2023-24 Completions (C2024_A), CIP 30.70 Data Science — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. DAPIP — NECHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. umass.edu/natural-sciences/academics/bs-statistics-and-data-science — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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University of Massachusetts Amherst Data Science Degrees (Bachelor's, Master's)