DC · Washington
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Master degree first-major awards: 49 · year ending 2025.
CIP 30.7001 · AWARD LEVEL 7 · UNITED STATES
125 US institutions have connected positive first-major awards in this exact field and award level. Each institution appears once, with its latest connected positive award observation for this selection.
Official classification: Data Science, General.
A program that focuses on the analysis of large scale data sources from the interdisciplinary perspectives of applied statistics, computer science, data storage, data representation, data modeling, mathematics, and statistics. Includes instruction in computer algorithms, computer programming, data management, data mining, information policy, information retrieval, mathematical modeling, quantitative analysis, statistics, trend spotting, and visual analytics.
Compare statistics, mathematics, computing and domain preparation on the current course list. Other data-focused qualifications can use separate statistics, computing or interdisciplinary classifications.
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Source: connected NCES IPEDS first-major completion records, exact CIP 30.7001, award level 7. This list does not rank institutions or measure admissions capacity.
DC · Washington
Master degree first-major awards: 49 · year ending 2025.
GA · Augusta
Master degree first-major awards: 4 · year ending 2025.
NE · Bellevue
Master degree first-major awards: 149 · year ending 2025.
MA · Boston
Master degree first-major awards: 40 · year ending 2025.
OH · Bowling Green
Master degree first-major awards: 4 · year ending 2025.
IL · Peoria
Master degree first-major awards: 70 · year ending 2025.
RI · Providence
Master degree first-major awards: 44 · year ending 2025.
RI · Smithfield
Master degree first-major awards: 4 · year ending 2025.
PA · Radnor
Master degree first-major awards: 11 · year ending 2023.
PA · Pittsburgh
Master degree first-major awards: 25 · year ending 2025.
NC · Winston-Salem
Master degree first-major awards: 8 · year ending 2025.
TN · Memphis
Master degree first-major awards: 20 · year ending 2025.
WA · Seattle
Master degree first-major awards: 1 · year ending 2025.
NY · Potsdam
Master degree first-major awards: 81 · year ending 2025.
GA · Morrow
Master degree first-major awards: 6 · year ending 2025.
SC · Charleston
Master degree first-major awards: 8 · year ending 2025.
CO · Golden
Master degree first-major awards: 27 · year ending 2025.
NY · New York
Master degree first-major awards: 189 · year ending 2025.
IL · Chicago
Master degree first-major awards: 158 · year ending 2025.
NJ · Madison
Master degree first-major awards: 10 · year ending 2025.
PA · Philadelphia
Master degree first-major awards: 65 · year ending 2025.
NC · Durham
Master degree first-major awards: 52 · year ending 2025.
NC · Greenville
Master degree first-major awards: 17 · year ending 2025.
PA · Saint Davids
Master degree first-major awards: 890 · year ending 2025.
| Year ending | Reporting institutions | Positive first-major awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | 6,748 |
| 2024 | 94 | 4,312 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,318 |
| 2022 | 40 | 1,183 |
| 2021 | 17 | 271 |
| 2020 | 12 | 153 |
Each annual row is a separate observation, not a current entering class or unique-person count. The year ending 2025 covers July 2024–June 2025. Institutions can appear in several years.
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