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2022 Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$28,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 160 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in data science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality data science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the data science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The data science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree data science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Science (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Brown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Data Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.

Read more about Data Science at Brown University

#2

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Stevens Point, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and it awarded 9 masters’s data science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Stevens Point, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Data Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Stevens Point are $19,178, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UW - Stevens Point Data Science Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Wisconsin - Green Bay is a public institution located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Green Bay not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Data Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay are $19,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Data Science at UW - Green Bay

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s data science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAB, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Data Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Data Science Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Superior. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. UW - Superior is located in Superior, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s data science degrees to qualified students.

UW - Superior also made our “Best Data Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Superior are $18,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Data Science at University of Wisconsin - Superior

#6

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Western Michigan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 3 masters’s data science degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Data Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Data Science at Western Michigan University

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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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