Colleges with Data Science Degrees

There is one more in the similar lines offered by LSU. Here is the link http://businessanalytics.lsu.edu/

Also, please see the Information School at UC Berkeley: http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/

The courses included many Big Data science courses. The computer science department also has a few Data Mining / Machine Learning / Data Science classes that are worth mentioning.

Hi,
I’m confounded by the title of this post. The post is edifying, even a saviour for a person scouring the web for info on degrees germane, however there seems to be a discrepancy between data science and analytics.

http://www.informationweek.com/software/business-intelligence/can-analytics-degree-bridge-the-business/240006245

This article mentions the discrepancy.
Furthermore I’d like to say, I’m just a dilettante; I could be wrong.

Can you please Explain the difference between the two, if there is any.

http://web.ccsu.edu/datamining/

Hi Ryan,

Great post.

There’s another one at Imperial College Business School in London.

It’s a joint programme with Imperial’s department of computing and combines data science with management.

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/programmes/msc-data-science

MSc in Data Science and Analytics – Royal Holloway, University of London
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/computerscience/prospectivestudents/postgraduatetaught/bigdata.aspx

Informatics MSc – The University of Edinburgh
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/postgraduate/msc/msc-informatics

MSc in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning – UCL
http://www.csml.ucl.ac.uk/courses/msc_csml/

MSc Big Data and Text Analytics – University of Essex
http://www.essex.ac.uk/coursefinder/course_details.aspx?course=MSC+G51512

Business Intelligence Systems and Data Mining MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert – De Montfort University
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-courses/business-intelligence-systems-and-data-mining-msc.aspx

MSc Data Warehousing and Data Mining – University of Greenwich
http://www.cms.gre.ac.uk/postgraduate/dwadm.asp

MSc Knowledge Discovery and Datamining – University of East Anglia
http://www.uea.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught-degree/detail/msc-knowledge-discovery-and-datamining

MSc. Applied Statistics and Datamining – University of St Andrews
http://www.creem.st-and.ac.uk/datamining/

PhD Studentships in Statistics Available: “Big Data” and its Applications
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/news/news-010212

M.S. in Business Analytics – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://lallyschool.rpi.edu/academics/ms_ba.html

http://www.intelligenthq.com/innovation-management/ibm-supported-masters-program-prepares-students-for-big-data-and-analytics-jobs/

MSc in Computing (Major 1 – Data Analytics) – Dublin City University
http://www.dcu.ie/info/about.shtml

PhD majoring in analytics – University of Technology, Sydney
http://cfsites1.uts.edu.au/aair/courses/detail.cfm?spk_cd=C02029&spk_ver_no=4

Bentley University in Waltham, MA offers an MS in Marketing Analytics as well as a graduate certificate and a concentration/specialization in Business Analytics in its day MBA program. Google for links

It’s hard to sort through all these options and make a decision.

I have a BS in Computer Science with a minor in math, and am an experienced professional software engineer. I’ve been contemplating moving more into more of a business role such as analyst (or “data scientist”?), but I have a lot of programming experience which would be useful, too.

Being able to solve data problems at scale will be important, given the amount of data that is available today. Traditional stats is not enough.

It seems to me that the difference between analytics and “data science” is primarily one of scale. Knowing how to harness computing power to process large data sets requires more of a CS background.

Some of my considerations for evaluating various programs are:

– How much of an emphasis on fundamentals of statistics, math? More breadth and depth seems better, and should make one more adaptable as the technology changes.
– This involves an inevitable tradeoff between scope and cost/time. The shorter programs cannot cover as much material as the longer ones, but they can be completed more quickly at a lower cost.
– How important is the credential? Then one might optimize for name recognition. Does the name recognition of the institution matter?
– Is my goal to get the credential or to learn? I want both, but I don’t want to spend thousands of dollars on a certificate from an unrecognized school.
– Online part-time vs. full-time on campus. Leaning towards online part-time since I don’t want to stop working.
– What’s the value of the coursework outside of the certificate program? One of the options below seems geared towards life-long learners and also caters to corporate training.

Thanks for your article. If you have any thoughts about how to evaluate these programs I would welcome them.

I’m currently looking closely at:

U of Washington
UC San Diego
statistics.com

I liked these but ruled them out based on cost and time commitment:

NCSU
Stern NYU
Stanford (the certificate program is 3 times as expensive as the state schools)

Master in Business Analytics : Architecture, Data Exploration and Optimization – EISTI Graduate Engineering School (Cergy-Pontoise, France)
http://www.eisti.fr/en/master-business-analytics-architecture-data-exploration-and-optimization-adeo

2nd level Specializing Master in Big Data Engineering – Polytechnic University of Turin
https://didattica.polito.it/portal/pls/portal/sviluppo.master.html?cds=73&sdu=32&a_acc=2013&p=presentazione&l=en

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Data and Knowledge Engineering – Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/unimagdeburg/en/Education/Study+Guide/Study+Programmes+with+English+as+Language+of+Instruction/Data+and+Knowledge+Engineering.html

Master’s degree program in Information Engineering – University of Konstanz
http://www.informatik.uni-konstanz.de/en/interestedparties/master/

Hey Ryan, I’m currently enrolled in the College of Charleston’s program of data science and wanted to inform you that they updated the program. It is now called Data Science instead of Discovery Informatics and is now not only a minor, but a major offered as a BS or BA in a full undergraduate program. On campus only though, I’m afraid. Just letting you know 🙂

Master in Business Intelligence & Knowledge Management — University of Verona (Italy)
http://translate.google.it/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=it&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.masterbikm.it%2F&act=url

Master of Engineering (Computer Science and Information Technology – Specialism in Data Analytics) — National University of Ireland, Galway

Hi Ryan -great effort to put this info all together. Definitely helped me identify a program of my choice. Was wondering if it’d be better to arrange the programs on a ‘country-wise’ basis.

University of Michigan – Deaborn. Campus-based MS in Business Analytics with 4 different concentrations

http://cob.umd.umich.edu/ms-business-analytics/

A BS in Data Science started at the University of San Francisco this year, in the College of Arts and Science. See http://usfca.edu/artsci/bsds/ for information on the program.

Hi Ryan,
You’ve been doing a great job here!
I wanted to ask you (and other readers) some advice.
I have a BSc in Economics and want to pursue a career in statistics/BI/data mining.
Besides some basic statistics, while I had some middle management jobs, I didn’t have any job experience on those fields. I started to study on my own programming and reading about database systems.
So, I am interested in knowing what I should do. (To do a MSc is on the top of my list, but) what kind of studies should I start?

On a side note, I recently moved to another country and possibly will move again next year. If pursuing a PG degree, maybe I should take the distance learning mode. The problem is that I don’t seem to find many that are affordable to a young professional.
I wouldn’t mind your take on that as well.
Thanks in advance and keep up the good work!

http://unex.uci.edu/areas/it/predictive_analytics/courses.aspx

HI Ryan.. Great Work!!! I am also looking for Big data graduate course but i am aiming only for Canada. I am wondering if you can help me to know which all universities are providing course in data analytic. Also it will be great if you can suggest which course is the best for full time.

MSc Business Analytics – National University of Singapore
http://msba.nus.edu/

M.Sc in Computing (Machine Learning) – Imperial College London
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/computing/teaching/pg/mcsml

Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Applied Statistics (Option II: Data Science) – Cornell University
http://stat.cornell.edu/academics/mps

MSc in Statistical Machine Learning – University of Alberta
https://www.cs.ualberta.ca/graduate-students/msc-program-requirements/statistical-machine-learning

MS in Information, Risk and Operations Management, with a Business Analytics concentration – McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/business-analytics.aspx

Course “CSCI E-63 Big Data Analytics” – Harvard Extension School
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/courses/big-data-analytics

Industrial PhD in Big Data analysis – Aarhus University
http://icoa.au.dk/news/single/artikel/seeking-candidate-for-industrial-phd/

PhD in Statistics, track in Machine Learning and Big Data – University of Washington
http://www.stat.washington.edu/graduate/programs/machinelearning/

Dear Ryan,
SMID could be of interest for your great list.
It is a BS degree running in Genoa, Italy since 2001 before the name ‘data science’ was fashionable.
Its nickname SMID stands for Statistics Mathematics and Data Management http://www.dima.unige.it/SMID/

It is very similar to the new BS degree in Data Science at the Department of Statistics, Warwick.

Regards
Eva

Ryan,

Thank you for the extensive list. I am currently an undergraduate student who just recently discovered the field of data science and would like to start applying to graduate programs in the near future. First, would it be worth it to do a data science certificate program if my undergrad major is not related to computer science/math/statistics? And I’m very interested in doing analytics in sports. Is there any avenue in particular I should focus on?

Master of Science in Information Systems (IS) – WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
http://www.wu.ac.at/programs/en/master/is/structure/firstyear

Master Degree in Information Management, Specialization in Information Systems and Technologies Management – NOVA School of Statistics and Information Management (ISEGI-NOVA)
http://www.isegi.unl.pt/MGI/Especializacao/Gestao-Sistemas-Tecnologias-Informacao/Detalhe-do-Curso/plano-de-estudos.asp

Business Informatics (Graduate) – Mykolas Romeris University
https://stdb.mruni.eu/studiju_programos_aprasas.php?id=2481&l=en

MSc (Information Systems Management) – National University of Ireland, Galway
http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/information-systems-management.html

I would add Maastricht University’s MSc in Artificial Intelligence Programme (2 Years fulltime)
imo more related to Data Science than the present Maastricht University’s Business Intelligence Programme.

http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Schools/DKE/TargetGroup/ProspectiveStudents/MastersProgrammes/ArtificialIntelligence.htm

Furthermore, the german taught Programm from TU-Dortmund is one of the best Data Science Programmes in Germany (TU Dortmund developed RapidMiner machine learning software) BSc and MSc are available at TU Dormund.

http://www.statistik.tu-dortmund.de/701.html [BSc]
http://www.statistik.tu-dortmund.de/703.html [MSc]

Regards,

P

I currently work as HR Data specialist and I am interested in HR Analytics, HR reporting, and HR Metrics. Any advice on programs that might be helpful for these areas? I live in the New York City Area and my undergradaute degree is in psychology.

Hello ,
I need some feedback on course offered by Bowling Green State University

Hi Ryan
This is quite appreciable !! good work.
However, I find very less Canadian universities offering masters in data science both in the above list and on their respective sites. Do you have any general idea about how good they are?

Lewis University has an online Masters in Data Science – http://online.lewisu.edu/msds/data-science-courses.asp.

In the Fall of 2012, the College of Business at Arkansas Tech University (AACSB-accredited) added a Business Data Analytics major. The program is small but growing and mixes business knowledge with data analytics. Here are links to the College and to the curriculum. There are several corporate partners actively supporting the program, including Acxiom.

http://www.atu.edu/business/
http://www.atu.edu/business/programs_bdanalytics.php
http://www.atu.edu/academics/catalog/colleges/business/dept_manag_market.html

Hi Ryan,
This is very informative, Are there any community colleges hat would offer an Associates Degree in Data Scientist ?
Kindly let me know,

Thanks, Sam.

Hi Ryan,

I have an undergraduate degree in Information Technology.
And I have two years of experience working Big Data space.
I work as a big data developer in IT company.
Which course would be good for me ?
also I would like to know the costs of the course for entire duration?
If any scholarship provided to students ?

Hi Ryan,

I just cam across your list, it’s a great resource. I wanted to mention that we are offering an MSc in Data Science at City University London: http://www.city.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/data-science-msc .

We also accept Data Science and Big Data Science topics in our Computer Science doctoral programme if there is a computational component in it.

Sabancı University(in Turkey) also recently added an online master degree program about Data Science: http://da.sabanciuniv.edu/en

Hi Ryan!
I am planning to apply for MS in Data Science(Fall 2015)
How is the placement activity in Bentley, Rutgers, Drexel and Rochester?

Hello Mr Ryan Swanstrom,

I am impressed by the quality of information on this blog.There are a lot of good resources here about business analytics course. Looking forward to reading more!

Regards 🙂