MA · Amherst
University of Massachusetts-Amherst ↗
Master degree first-major awards: 61 · 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.
MA · Amherst
Master degree first-major awards: 61 · year ending 2025.
TN · Memphis
Master degree first-major awards: 157 · year ending 2025.
MI · Ann Arbor
Master degree first-major awards: 72 · year ending 2025.
MN · Minneapolis
Master degree first-major awards: 25 · year ending 2025.
MO · Kansas City
Master degree first-major awards: 27 · year ending 2025.
NC · Chapel Hill
Master degree first-major awards: 3 · year ending 2025.
ND · Grand Forks
Master degree first-major awards: 5 · year ending 2025.
TX · Denton
Master degree first-major awards: 311 · year ending 2025.
AZ · Phoenix
Master degree first-major awards: 90 · year ending 2025.
RI · Kingston
Master degree first-major awards: 7 · year ending 2025.
CA · San Diego
Master degree first-major awards: 36 · year ending 2025.
CA · Stockton
Master degree first-major awards: 68 · year ending 2025.
VA · Charlottesville
Master degree first-major awards: 141 · year ending 2025.
WI · Eau Claire
Master degree first-major awards: 16 · year ending 2025.
WI · Green Bay
Master degree first-major awards: 16 · year ending 2025.
WI · La Crosse
Master degree first-major awards: 14 · year ending 2025.
WI · Madison
Master degree first-major awards: 17 · year ending 2025.
WI · Milwaukee
Master degree first-major awards: 29 · year ending 2025.
WI · Oshkosh
Master degree first-major awards: 10 · year ending 2025.
WI · Stevens Point
Master degree first-major awards: 6 · year ending 2025.
WI · Superior
Master degree first-major awards: 1 · year ending 2025.
NY · Utica
Master degree first-major awards: 9 · year ending 2025.
MN · Minneapolis
Master degree first-major awards: 2 · year ending 2024.
UT · Ogden
Master degree first-major awards: 1 · year ending 2024.
| 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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