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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Science, General

5 Ranked Colleges
84 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 294 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, data science, general is the most popular major in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 84 data science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in data science, general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent data science, general programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the data science, general program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Science, General

#1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #1 spot on the list. River Falls, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s data science, general degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls also took the #1 spot in our “Best Data Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,748 for Bachelor’s Degree Data Science, General students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read full report on Data Science, General at UW - River Falls

#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Western Michigan University is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s data science, general degrees to qualified students.

WMU also made our “Best Data Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $19,433 for Bachelor’s Degree Data Science, General students per year to attend Western Michigan University.

Full Western Michigan University Data Science, General Report

#3

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s data science, general degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also took the #5 spot in our “Best Data Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Michigan is $15,924 for bachelor’s degree data science, general students.

Read more about Data Science, General at Eastern Michigan University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s data science, general degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Data Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Case Western Reserve University is $35,428 for bachelor’s degree data science, general students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Data Science, General at Case Western Reserve University

#5

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Holyoke College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Data Science, General Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in South Hadley, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s data science, general students in 2019-2020.

Mt. Holyoke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Data Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mount Holyoke College is $27,149 for bachelor’s degree data science, general students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Data Science, General at Mount Holyoke College

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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