2024 Best Data Science Schools in Minnesota

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in data science. It is ranked #282 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Data Science Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 19 degrees in data science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Data Science Schools List

Pick Your Data Science Degree Level

The data science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Data Science Schools in Minnesota. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

 

Best Schools for Data Science in Minnesota

The schools below may not offer all types of data science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Minnesota Schools in Data Science

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in data science. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a degree in data science from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in data science has to check out Metropolitan State University. Metro State is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Saint Paul.More information about a degree in data science from Metropolitan State University

Best Data Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Data Science Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	283	38
Iowa	264	4
Nebraska	238	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Data Science

Data Science is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Data Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Data Science, General	19

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Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	1,176
Nutrition Science	119
International Studies	89
Data Analytics	88
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	35
Human Biology	28
Interdisciplinary Studies	24
Natural Sciences	21
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	19
Cognitive Science	18

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.