2024 Best Data Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
159Data Science Degrees Awarded
If you're seeking a degree in data science, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #282 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for data science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 159 degrees in data science to qualified students.
Your choice of data science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for data science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Data Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Data Science in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the data science degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in data science. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.More information about a degree in data science from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in data science. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.More information about a degree in data science from University of Wisconsin - Madison
Any student who is interested in data science has to check out Grand Valley State University. Located in the large suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #399 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GVSU is a great university overall.More information about a degree in data science from Grand Valley State University
It is hard to beat Bowling Green State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in data science. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 2 data science students who graduated with this degree at BGSU in the most recent year we have data available.
UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Green Bay. This university ranks 27th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 13 data science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Green Bay in the most recent year we have data available.
UW - Stevens Point is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Stevens Point. This university ranks 26th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 11 data science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stevens Point in the most recent data year.
UW - Superior is a small public university located in the suburb of Superior. This university ranks 43rd out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 5 data science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Superior in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 2 data science students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).