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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Science in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$34,400 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 541 people earned their degree in data science, making the major the 282nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 91 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region

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

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Science in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s data science degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 at UH Downtown

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region list. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Data Science at UCO

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 0 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Prescott, Arizona. It awarded 0 bachelors’s data science degrees 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%.

Read full report on Data Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Advancing Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Data Science at Southern Methodist University

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