2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Science in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 294 data science students received their degree, making the major the most popular in the country.

Across the Southeast region, there were 7 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent data science programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 in the Southeast Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree data science students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Science in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Data Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s data science students in 2019-2020.

UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Data Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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