July 26, 2021
The MS in Data Science (MSDS) at UD is a rapidly growing major that is highly relevant in today’s business, government, and academic sectors. By the end of the summer of 2021, our first eight graduates will have finished. We are very proud of them! They have shown remarkable dedication and energy to finish our program. All are employed in the field or graduate school or will be very shortly. We look forward to many more graduates!
Job opportunities had seemed unlimited just two years ago, but the last year and a half has certainly brought challenges all over the world. The future seems less certain than it did, but I’m optimistic that opportunities in the fields related to data science, and using data wisely, will continue to grow. I’ve experienced down markets for employment in my career. The best thing that I think one can do is continue working toward their goals and gain additional experience, skills, and knowledge toward those goals. If your dream is to pursue data science as a career, our program can give you the experience, knowledge, and skills that you will need. The MSDS will enable you to know what’s inside the black box of software that analyzes the data and uses that knowledge to improve your analyses and results.
The MSDS program stands ready to help you achieve your goals. Here is a sample of what we’re doing:
- Lowered tuition for students in the program to $950 per credit;
- Reviewing applications as rapidly as we can and giving quick notice of status;
- Assigning every student an advisor from our extensive group of affiliated faculty;
- Helping students obtain a relevant internship and project experience;
- Adding online course formats to the major; and
- Customizing course choices to fit your goals.
Like many applicants, students and faculty, I look forward to the time when we can meet on campus again. I expect that the fall 2021 semester will have most, if not all, courses on campus again. At that time, we expect to have a few more online options to mix with the on-campus experience to help students finish in a timely way.
We hope that you will consider the information here on our web page and apply to the program. We look forward to working with you to achieve your goals!
Founding Director
Professor of Mathematics
Affiliated Faculty, Data Science Institute
Courtesy appointments in Biomedical Engineering
and in the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
