Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science

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Why Future Data Scientists Choose WPI

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WPI’s data science and computing headquarters houses the Data Science program, classrooms, and collaboration spaces where you build models alongside computer science and math peers.

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Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics

Partner with one of more than 70 companies on student-industry projects spanning finance, actuarial science, manufacturing, and engineering analytics.

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Healthcare Delivery Institute Living Lab

Apply data intelligence, machine learning, and health informatics to real patient and provider data through WPI’s university-wide healthcare research institute.

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Project-Based Learning Experiences

Apply data science theory and practice from day one. Build a professional portfolio with work that matters.

At WPI, learn in an immersive environment where classroom concepts transform into hands-on projects, thanks to our intensive, seven-week terms. Complete increasingly advanced projects for industry partners and community organizations, both local and global. Present your solutions directly to organizations that will implement what you create.

Below, explore projects completed by data science students at WPI.

Global

📍Cuenca, Ecuador

Enhancing Attraction and Engagement of el Museo de las Conceptas through Digitalization — Teams developed a data-driven digital strategy to grow visitor engagement at a historic Ecuadorian museum.

Local

📍Westborough, Mass.

Westborough High School Mental Health Predictive Analyses — Project teams built predictive models from student survey data to identify early mental health risk factors for a public school district.

Local

📍Chelsea, Mass.

Mapping Environmental Injustice in Chelsea, MA — Project teams analyzed environmental hazard data to map pollution disparities across neighborhoods for the city’s housing and community development department.

Industry

📍Worcester, Mass.

Audio Journal — Empowering Visually Impaired People to Access Exhibits at the Worcester Museum of Art — Students created an AI-powered audio guide enabling visually impaired visitors to independently explore museum collections.

Industry

📍Boston, Mass.

Assessing and Developing Recommendations to Improve the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) Program — Students evaluated program effectiveness using stakeholder data analysis to deliver actionable policy recommendations for a state technical assistance office.

Skills & Salary

Skills You'll Gain

Predictive Modeling & Machine Learning Development

Build machine learning models in Python using scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch, which forecast trends, classify images, and predict customer behavior for real companies.

Apply deep learning techniques through hands-on projects to solve problems like fraud detection, medical diagnosis, and recommendation systems that millions of people use every day.

Statistical Analysis & Experimental Design

Run statistical inference and A/B testing using R and Python to measure what actually works—whether it’s a new product feature, a marketing campaign, or a medical treatment.

Design experiments and interpret results with confidence intervals and hypothesis testing so business leaders can make decisions backed by real evidence, not guesses.

Data Engineering & Database Management

Write SQL queries and build data pipelines that pull massive datasets from cloud platforms like AWS, clean them up, and prepare them for analysis at scale.

Develop feature engineering and data wrangling techniques through project-based work, transforming messy real-world data into the structured inputs that power accurate models.

Technical Leadership & Communication

Lead cross-functional project teams alongside engineers, business analysts, and domain experts to deliver data-driven solutions that real organizations put into production.

Communicate complex findings through clear visualizations in Tableau and Power BI, translating model results into stories that executives, clients, and nontechnical audiences can understand and act on.

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The Princeton Review (2026)

Top 15%

Best Colleges for Engineering in America

Niche (2025)

Top 5.3%

Worldwide out of 21,000+ Universities

Center for World University Rankings (2025)

Career

Data Science Career & Salary Outlook

Career Path	Industry Sector	Entry Level (0–5 years)	Mid-Level (5–10 years)	Senior Level (10+ years)
Data Scientist	Technology and Data	Data Scientist $113K	Senior Data Scientist $170K	Chief Data Officer $226K
Machine Learning Engineer	Technology and Data	Machine Learning Engineer $127K	Lead Machine Learning Engineer $190K	Principal AI/ML Director $254K
Data Engineer	Technology and Data	Data Engineer $112K	Senior Data Engineer $168K	Director of Data Engineering $224K
Data Analyst	Technology and Data	Data Analyst $77K	Senior Data Analyst $116K	Director of Analytics $192K
Business Intelligence Analyst	Technology and Data	Business Intelligence Analyst $93K	Senior BI Analyst $140K	VP of Business Intelligence $210K
Quantitative Analyst	Finance and Investment	Quantitative Analyst $118K	Senior Quantitative Analyst $177K	Director of Quantitative Research $236K

Salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Tuition & Costs

Financing Your Future

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