2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Rocky Mountains 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 6 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 data science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in data science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their data science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Science in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado

#1 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Golden, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s data science students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Data Science at Colorado School of Mines

2

Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

#23 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Data Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 0 masters’s data science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Data Science at Montana State University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Science

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.