by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 541 people earned their degree in data science, making the major the 282nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 53 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in data science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in data science.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree data science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Polytechnic University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Polytechnic University is a small public school situated in Lakeland, Florida. It awarded 10 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fisk University landed the #2 spot on the list. Fisk is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Centre College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region. Centre College is located in Danville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s data science degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William & Mary. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region. William & Mary is a medium-sized public school situated in Williamsburg, Virginia. It awarded 8 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lyon College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region. Lyon College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Batesville, Arkansas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roanoke College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region. Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s data science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winthrop University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellarmine University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Bellarmine U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Xavier University of Louisiana. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Xavier University of Louisiana is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 0 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.
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