2025 Best Data Science Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you're seeking a degree in data science, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #282 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for data science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 143 degrees in data science to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Data Science School

The data science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Data Science rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for data science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Data Science Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Data Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Read more about College Factual's methodology.

Best Schools for Data Science in the Far Western US 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 degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Far Western US Region Schools in Data Science

1

University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in data science needs to look into University of California - Santa Barbara. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #47 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.More information about a degree in data science from University of California - Santa Barbara

2

University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Data Science Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat University of the Pacific if you wish to pursue a degree in data science. Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Stockton. This university ranks 43rd out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.More information about a degree in data science from University of the Pacific

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Associates Degree Type

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3

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's difficult to beat University of Oregon if you want to pursue a degree in data science. UO is a fairly large public university located in the city of Eugene. A Best Colleges rank of #167 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UO is a great university overall.More information about a degree in data science from University of Oregon

4

Portland State University
Portland, OR

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in data science needs to look into Portland State University. Portland State University is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Portland. This university ranks 5th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.More information about a degree in data science from Portland State University

Best Data Science Colleges by State

Explore the best data science colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	330	50
Washington	300	0
Oregon	266	1

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Data Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 51 majors within the Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies area of study, Data Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Data Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Data Science, General	106
Data Science, Other	37

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Most Popular Majors Related to Data Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Physical Science	19,748
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	4,422
Cognitive Science	1,820
International Studies	1,587
Nutrition Science	1,511
Human Biology	907
Behavioral Science	685
Mathematics & Computer Science	628
Interdisciplinary Studies	530
Gerontology	332

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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.