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Doctor's Degree in Data Science

Doctor’s Degrees in Data Science

14 Yearly Graduations
64% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 7% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 78.6% of data science graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Data Science Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 14 people earned their doctor's degree in data science. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in data science at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Master’s Degree 2,326
Graduate Certificate 249
Doctor’s Degree 14

Earnings of Data Science Majors With Doctor’s Degrees

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

The data on debt ranges for data science majors who have their doctor's degree is not available.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their doctor's degree in data science. About 64.3% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 5
Women 9
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The racial-ethnic distribution of data science doctor’s degree students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 0
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to data science that offer doctor’s degrees.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Interdisciplinary Studies 196
Nutrition Science 178
Behavioral Science 150
Computational Science 91
Biological & Physical Science 83

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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