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In 2020-2021, 373 people earned a degree or certificate in data science, making the major the #196 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Data Science Colleges.

Our analysis found Naval Postgraduate School to be the most popular school for data science students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Monterey.

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#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The excellent online programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best data science schools in the United States. KU is a very large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Schools list. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Schools list. Located in the distant town of Slippery Rock, SRU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Data Science is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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.

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