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2023 Most Popular Schools in Minnesota

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Finding the Best Data Science School for You

In 2020-2021, 19 degrees and certificates were awarded to data science students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #205 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Minnesota to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Data Science program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan State University the most popular school in Minnesota for data science students. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

The excellent programs at St Catherine University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best data science schools in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, St. Kate's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 4 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the # 3 spot on the list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Paul.

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Best Data Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Data Science Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 38
Kansas 4
Iowa 4
Nebraska 1

Data Science is one of 44 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Data Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

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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