college factual
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 0 masters’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
