by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Data Science is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 541 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 35 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in data science. That schools that top this list have a program in data science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Peter’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Saint Peter’s College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cabrini University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Radnor, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s data science students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s data science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Juniata College landed the #3 spot on the list. Juniata is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 masters’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, 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 University at Buffalo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s data science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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