2025 Best Data Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
4
Colleges in the Southwest Region
158
Bachelor's Degrees
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in
data science. It is ranked #271 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Data Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 158 bachelor's degrees in data science to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Data Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The data science bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to data science students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other data science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for data science to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized data science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for data science students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Data Science Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Data Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.