College Choice Releases 2017 Ranking for the Best Online Big Data Degrees

EUGENE, Ore., March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire |  College Choice, a leading authority in college and university rankings and resources, has published a ranking of the 50 Best Online Big Data Degrees for 2017.

Schools are quickly mobilizing to create highly specific programs tailored to the growing need for professionals who know how to wrangle terabytes of information, interpret it, and explain to the rest of us how it effects a company’s needs on the ground. And many of these programs are available in to online students.


“Over the course of a relatively short time, big data has left no industry untouched, so there is a desperate need for expertise in this field,” Christian Amondson, Managing Editor of College Choice, said of the ranking. “Online programs in big data go by different names—often a Master of Science in business analytics or data mining—but what they have in common is a commitment to training future big data professionals who will help us figure out what to do with the masses of information at our disposal.”

Currently, the top five jobs in technology are positions that rely heavily on data mining and analytics, according to U.S. News & World Report. From computer systems analysts to information scientists, the need for people to collate, investigate, and interpret big data is on a dramatic rise in the U.S.

A recent study conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute projects a 21 percent rise in data analysis jobs in the next eight years alone. This means the need for people with analytical and data mining education is in high demand. Indeed, demand is high and the return is even higher; data analysts of all stripes and skills make, on average, between $81,000 and $131,000 annually.

College Choice developed its list by looking at academic quality along with return on investment—the differential between tuition costs and average early career earnings.

The ranking for the 50 Best Online Big Data programs for 2017 finds Carnegie Mellon University in the top spot. Virginia Tech is in second, and Boston University rounds out the top three.

The entire ranking, listed in alphabetical order, is as follows:

  1. American University
  2. Arizona State University
  3. Auburn University
  4. Bellevue University
  5. Boston University
  6. Brandeis University
  7. California State University Fullerton
  8. Carnegie Mellon University
  9. Central Connecticut State University
  10. Colorado Tech University
  11. CUNY School of Professional Studies
  12. Dakota State University
  13. DePaul University
  14. Elmhurst College
  15. Fairfield University
  16. Florida State University
  17. Indiana University
  18. Iowa State University
  19. Johns Hopkins University
  20. Lewis University
  21. Marquette University
  22. Missouri University of Science & Tech
  23. North Carolina A&T State University
  24. Northwestern University
  25. Nova Southeastern University
  26. Oklahoma State University
  27. Pace University
  28. Pennsylvania State University – World Campus
  29. Quinnipiac University
  30. Regis University
  31. Saint Joseph’s University
  32. Saint Louis University
  33. Saint Mary’s College
  34. Slippery Rock University
  35. Southern Methodist University
  36. Syracuse University
  37. University of Alabama
  38. University of Arkansas
  39. University of Bridgeport
  40. University of California Berkeley
  41. University of California Los Angeles
  42. University of Cincinnati
  43. University of Maryland
  44. University of Massachusetts Amherst
  45. University of Nebraska Lincoln
  46. University of Southern California
  47. University of Wisconsin
  48. Villanova University
  49. Virginia Tech
  50. West Virginia University

FOR MEMBERS OF THE PRESS

College Choice is an independent online publication dedicated to helping students and their families find the right college. The site publishes rankings and reviews that make finding the best colleges for different interests easier and more fun, as well as resources to help students get into, pay for, and thrive at the college of their choice.

MEDIA CONTACT

Christian Amondson, Managing Editor, College Choice
Web: http://collegechoice.net
Email: 149461@email4pr.com
Phone: (541) 255-3801

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