by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,338 people earned their degree in data analytics, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 516 data analytics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 274 data analytics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in data analytics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their data analytics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree data analytics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 224 bachelors’s data analytics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Data Analytics at Ohio University - Athens Campus
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s data analytics degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public school situated in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It awarded 13 bachelors’s data analytics degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Data Analytics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Whitewater, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s data analytics students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ashland University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ashland, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s data analytics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Ohio University - Zanesville Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Zanesville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s data analytics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Saint Norbert College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in De Pere, Wisconsin, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s data analytics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Ohio University - Lancaster Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Lancaster, Ohio, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s data analytics students in 2020-2021.
Ohio University - Southern Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ironton, Ohio, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s data analytics students in 2020-2021.
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Ohio Northern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. ONU is a small school located in Ada, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s data analytics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Quincy University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Quincy, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s data analytics degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio University - Eastern Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Eastern is a small school located in Saint Clairsville, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s data analytics degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Analytics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Chillicothe, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s data analytics degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus Data Analytics Report
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