2025 Best Data Science, General Schools in the Plains States Region

When it comes to popularity, data science, general sits in the middle of the road, ranking #611 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for data science, general students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 326 degrees in data science, general annually.

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Pick Your Data Science, General Degree Level

The data science, general school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Data Science, General Schools in the Plains States Region. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Data Science, General in the Plains States Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the data science, general degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Data Science, General

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Data Science, General Degrees Awarded

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great option for students pursuing a degree in data science, general. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a degree in data science, general from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Winona State University
Winona, MN

Winona State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in data science, general. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in data science, general from Winona State University

Best Data Science, General Colleges by State

Explore the best data science, general colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	19
Missouri	693	38
Iowa	648	4
Nebraska	500	1

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.