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Data Science

Careers

As a graduate from WPI's Data Science Program, you have the prestige, the skills and the solid education to tackle any career path you choose. You will be supported by our deep corporate connections, the cornerstone of the WPI Data Science program, and our excellent location near Boston, greater New England, and New York City makes you well-positioned to launch a career right after graduation. Learn more about the career advantages of data science, including its accolades for being the best career for achieving work/life balance and for getting the highest value for your MS degree.

Average Salary of Data Science Graduates

 

Bachelor's

Master's 

Ph.D.

Average

$83,429.00

$99,741.00

$106,000.00

Median

$80,000.00

$105,000

$121,500.00

*Data (avg. salary) is based on student responses from WPI First Destination Outcomes Survey from 2020-2022 prepared by the Career Development Center and the Office of Strategic Initiatives & University Analytics and does not reflect all students.

Recent Employers of Data Science Graduates

Amazon

Arbella Insurance Group

Axis Technology, LLC

Bank of America

Capitol One

Dell Technologies

Fidelity Investments

Government Big Data Institute

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

MathWorks

Microsoft

MITRE Corporation

National Grid

Pratt & Whitney

Raytheon Technologies

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Tigergraph, Inc. 

US Securities Exchange Commission

Verizon

Wayfair, LLC

*Data (employers) is based on the WPI First Destination Outcomes Survey from 2020-2022 prepared by the Career Development Center and the Office of Strategic Initiatives & University Analytics. This list is not an exhaustive list of all employers. 

Without big data analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the web like deer on a freeway.
  • Geoffrey Moore
  • American Management Consultant and Author

Industry Partnerships

Projects and Sponsorship

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GQP Projects | WPI’s long history of industry partnerships is the keystone of the Data Science program. Beyond the classroom walls and in the spirit of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)'s forward-looking project-based education, WPI graduate Data Scientists in the last semester of their Data Science MS program apply their comprehensive data science and analytics skills to tackle your real-world project. Many organizations have discovered the exceptional value of sponsoring a Data Science Graduate Qualifying Project (GQP) and they use the sponsorship program as a recruitment tool. We are convinced that it is a mutually beneficial relationship bringing a significant return on investment for the sponsoring company.

We are continuously looking to enhance the student experience and adding new projects regularly. If you are interested in sponsoring a Data Science GQP project or learning more about this unique opportunity, please contact the Director of Data Science GQP (Prof. Fatemeh Emdad femdad@wpi.edu).