Take your career prospects to the next level. Pair a master’s degree in data science with any undergraduate major to build powerful analytical skills and prepare for a wide range of career opportunities.
Accelerated Degree
4.5 Years
Salem, Portland
Environmental Science and Data Science student Dorsey Pearson BS ’26 combined interests in archaeology and data to help researchers uncover new insights from a 5,000 year old archaeological site in Scotland.
Working alongside Willamette faculty, Dorsey used data science to analyze geochemical data collected from Scotland’s Ness of Brodgar, one of Europe’s most significant Neolithic archaeological sites. His research focused on creating spatial and temporal heatmaps that helped researchers better understand how the site may have been used thousands of years ago.
Data science alumni have applied their skills and expertise to a variety of fields such as medicine, business, and environmental science. They’ve accepted positions with major companies and built impressive careers. Find out more about how data science graduates are having an impact using new and evolving technology.
Combining Data Science and Public Health
Tiffany Truong BS/MS ’26 combined her interests in public health and data science through Willamette’s accelerated MS in Data Science program. By applying data science tools to public health challenges, Tiffany learned how data can help tell stories, improve health systems, and inform decisions that affect communities.
Using Data Science to Advance Sustainability
Alex Weirth combined his undergraduate studies in environmental science with a master’s degree in data science at Willamette. Today, as an analyst at Evergreen Economics, he uses data to evaluate energy efficiency programs and renewable energy initiatives and measure their effectiveness and impact.
Our faculty is comprised of experienced professionals actively working in their respective fields. Because of this, they are able to offer students the most up-to-date industry insights. Through one-on-one mentorship, professors provide personalized support and access to professional networks.
Professor Gore brings extensive experience from her tenure at HP Inc., where she led statistical data strategies and quality systems for advanced technology platforms. In addition, she has a passion for STEM outreach, serving as a LEGO robotics volunteer.
Professor Deutschbein, an expert in computer security and systems. Their research has gained recognition from industry leaders like Intel and the Semiconductor Research Corporation, as well as at prominent hardware security conferences.
Professor Kitada Smalley, Willamette’s Albaugh Assistant Professor of Statistics, is an applied statistician with expertise in survey methodology and data visualization using R. Her work has been recognized nationally, and her research explores bias estimation in public opinion surveys, experimental design, and educational rese
Our BA/BS and MS in Data Science programs cover everything from technical skills to critical thinking. While undergraduate courses create a foundation of knowledge, graduate courses go further in depth, building your proficiency with systems and programs. The curriculum of both programs will help students gain the expertise they need to prepare for an evolving field.
Learn to work with data that is both clean and structured, and dirty and unstructured. Students in this course learn the ways that data is stored and processed, giving them tools to work with databases.
Explore machine learning through practical applications like personalized recommendations, image processing, and speech recognition. With lectures, cases, and programming projects, you'll learn to solve real-world problems, run evaluations, and interpret results using existing machine learning libraries.
Students will work with an advisor to follow an accelerated pathway. In the accelerated degree program, students will spend their senior year completing graduate level coursework. There are distinct pathways for students who major in Data Science and students who major in another discipline.
Earn your bachelor’s degree and an MS in Data Science on an accelerated timeline. Open to students in any major, the program helps you build advanced data skills and enter the workforce sooner. Explore admission requirements for the Accelerated MS in Data Science.
Students who choose the Accelerated MS in Data Science program continue to receive their undergraduate financial aid for eight semesters and are charged the undergraduate tuition rate. They are then charged a fixed Summer Semester Tuition rate.
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