2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Data Science in the New England Region

Data Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #<nil> most popular master's degree major concentration in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the most popular for data science students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 master's degrees in data science during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for data science.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Data Science in the New England Region

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for data science students seeking a a master's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Data Science Students Working on Their Master's

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

32 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In RI

#1 Best Quality In RI

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Brown University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in data science. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in data science in Rhode Island. More information about a master’s in data science from Brown University

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

#1 Most Popular In MA

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in data science needs to take a look at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. More information about a master’s in data science from University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Data Science Colleges by State

Explore the most popular data science schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Data Science Related Rankings by Major

Data Science is one of 44 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Data Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nutrition Science	233
International Studies	121
Data Analytics	94
Sustainability Science	68
Systems Theory	67
Mathematics & Computer Science	65
Human Computer Interaction	65
Museum Studies	54
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	50
Historic Preservation	41

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.