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A (mostly) complete list of data science efforts at R1 institutions

Data Science at R1 Institutions in the US

Below is a list of initiatives, programs, and groups related to data science at the 115 Research 1 (R1) institutions in the US. We don’t assert completion or correctness, but we welcome edits - Submit an issue or a pull request!

Note: This list is for programs and centers that closely align with the Moore Foundation Data-Driven Discovery Initiative’s goals of accelerating the use of data-driven methods for basic research in the natural sciences.

Credentials key: C = certificate; B = Bachelors; M = Masters; P = PhD

Institution Description Category Credential(s)
Arizona State University Advanced Analytics in Higher Education academic program (online) C
Boston College NA    
Boston University Center for Computational Science center  
Boston University Data Science Initiative initiative  
Boston University Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics academic program C
Boston University Information and Data Sciences research group group  
Boston University MS in Computer Information Systems Online (Data Analytics Concentration) academic program (online) M
Boston University MS in Computer Science academic program M
Brandeis University MA in Computational Linguistics academic program M
Brandeis University Online MS in Strategic Analytics academic program (online) M
Brown University Data Management Research Group group  
Brown University Data Science Initiative initiative M
Brown University Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics center  
Caltech Center for Data Driven Discovery center  
Caltech Graduate Degree in Computing & Mathematical Studies academic program P
Caltech Social and Information Sciences Laboratory, Information Science & Technology group  
Caltech Undergraduate Degree in Information & Data Sciences academic program B
Carnegie Mellon University Machine Learning Department department B , M , P
Carnegie Mellon University Master of Computational Data Science (MCDS) academic program M
Carnegie Mellon University Master of Statistical Practice academic program M
Case Western Reserve University Data Science Program academic program B
Case Western Reserve University Health Informatics academic program M
Case Western Reserve University Systems Biology and Informatics academic program P
Clemson University MS Biomedical Data Science & Informatics academic program M
Clemson University PhD Biomedical Data Science & Informatics academic program P
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Data Analysis Certificate academic program (online) C
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Master of Applied Statistics academic program (online) M
Columbia University Data Science Institute center M
Columbia University MS in Computer Science, concentration in Machine Learning academic program M
Cornell University Cornell Data Science group  
Cornell University Master of Professional Studies in Applied Statistics, Data Science academic program M
Cornell University MS in Health Informatics academic program M
CUNY Graduate School and University Center Online MS in Data Analytics academic program (online) M
Duke University Information Initiative initiative  
Duke University Master in Interdisciplinary Data Science academic program M
Emory University Center for Data Science - Nursing center  
Florida International University Masters in Data Science academic program M
Florida State University MS Statistical Data Science academic program M
George Mason University Computational Data Sciences department B , M , P
George Mason University Masters in Information Systems academic program M
George Mason University MS in Data Analytics Engineering academic program M
George Washington University Data Science Program academic program C , B , M
Georgetown University MS in Analytics, Concentration in Data Sciences (MS-DS) academic program M
Georgia Institute of Technology Institute for Data Engineering and Science center  
Georgia Institute of Technology MS in Computer Science with specialization in machine learning academic program M
Georgia State University NA    
Harvard University Data Science at Institute for Quantitative Social Science group  
Harvard University Data Science Initiative initiative  
Harvard University MS Data Science academic program M
Harvard University MS in Computational Biology and Quantitative Genetics academic program M
Harvard University MS in Computational Science and Engineering academic program M
Harvard University Strategic Data Project group  
Indiana University Bloomington Informatics academic program P
Indiana University Bloomington MS in Data Science academic program M
Indiana University Bloomington Online Certificate in Data Science academic program (online) C
Iowa State University Data Science Curriculum Committee group  
Iowa State University Presidential Initiative initiative  
Johns Hopkins University Bioinformatics academic program M
Johns Hopkins University Institute for Data Intensive Engineering & Science center  
Johns Hopkins University MS in Geographic Information Systems academic program M
Johns Hopkins University Online MS Data Science academic program (online) M
Kansas State University NA    
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College NA    
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory center  
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute for Data, Systems, and Society center P
Michigan State University Compuational Math, Science, Engineering Department department B , M , P
Michigan State University MS in Applied Statistics academic program M
New York University Advanced Certificate in Applied Urban Science and Informatics academic program C
New York University Applied Data Analytics and Visualization academic program B
New York University Center for Data Science center M
New York University MS in Applied Statistics for Social Science Research academic program M
New York University MS in Applied Urban Science and Informatics academic program M
New York University MS in Information Systems academic program M
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Data Science Initiative initiative  
North Carolina State University at Raleigh MS in Analytics academic program M
Northeastern University Data Science Research Group group  
Northeastern University Data Analytics Programs academic program C , M
Northwestern University Data Science Initiative initiative  
Northwestern University MS in Analytics academic program M
Northwestern University MS in Predictive Analytics Online academic program (online) M
Northwestern University Center for Data Science and Informatics center  
Ohio State University College of Medicine Division of Data Science academic program  
Ohio State University Data Analytics academic program B
Ohio State University Master of Applied Statistics academic program M
Ohio State University Master of Public Health in Biomedical Informatics academic program M
Ohio State University Data Analytics Program academic program B
Oregon State University Data Science and Engineering Group group  
Oregon State University Graduate Minor in Biological Data Science academic program  
Oregon State University Data Analytics Program (online) academic program (online) C , M
Pennsylvania State University Data Sciences Program academic program B
Pennsylvania State University Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics academic program (online) C
Pennsylvania State University Master of Applied Statistics academic program (online) M
Pennsylvania State University Master of Professional Studies in Data Analytics academic program (online) M
Pennsylvania State University Social Data Analytics academic program P
Princeton University Center for Statistics and Machine Learning center  
Purdue University Certificate in Applied Statistics academic program (online) C
Purdue University Data Science Initiative initiative  
Rice University Data Science Initiative initiative  
Rutgers University MS in Data Science Statistics Track academic program M
Rutgers University MS in Data Science CS Track academic program M
Rutgers University Online Master of Information academic program (online) M
Stanford University Biomedical Informatics MS Degree (online) academic program M
Stanford University Biomedical Informatics Training Program academic program M , P
Stanford University Mining Massive Data Sets Graduate Certificate academic program C
Stanford University MS In Computer Science, Specialization in Information Management and Analytics academic program M
Stanford University MS in Data Science academic program M
Stanford University Stanford Data Science Initiative center  
Stanford University Stanford Dept of Statistics MS in Statistics: Data Science academic program M
Stanford University Electrical Engineering Research Group group  
Stanford University Stanford Experimental Data Center Laboratory group  
Stanford University Big Data for Human Health Seed Grant academic program  
Stony Brook University Institute for Advanced Computational Science center  
Stony Brook University MS in Data Science and Engineering Specialization academic program M
SUNY at Albany Data Science focus in Computer Science group  
Syracuse University Certificate of Advanced Study in Data Science academic program C
Syracuse University MS in Applied Data Science academic program M
Temple University Certificate in Data Science academic program C
Temple University MS in Health Informatics academic program M
Texas A&M University-College Station Institute for Data Science center  
Texas A&M University-College Station MS in Analytics academic program M
Texas A&M University-College Station Online MS in Applied Statistics academic program (online) M
Texas Tech University NA    
Tufts University Data-Intensive Studies Center proposal initiative  
Tulane University of Louisiana Global Biostatistics and Data Science department M , P
University at Buffalo Engineering MS: Data Science academic program M
University of Alabama NA    
University of Arizona Data7 Data Science Institute center  
University of Arkansas Professional Master of Information Systems academic program (online) M
University of California-Berkeley AmpLab group  
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley Institute for Data Science center  
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley Quantum Information and Computation Center [BQIC] group  
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley School of Information MS Information and Data Science academic program M
University of California-Berkeley D-Lab center  
University of California-Berkeley Data Science and Systems Concentration academic program M
University of California-Berkeley Designated Emphasis in Computational Data Science & Information academic program  
University of California-Berkeley NSF Research Traineeship: Environment & Society: Data Sciences for 21st Century academic program  
University of California-Berkeley Information and Data Science academic program M
University of California-Berkeley Master of Information Management and Systems at Hastings School academic program M
University of California-Berkeley Simons Institute center  
University of California-Davis Data Science Initiative initiative  
University of California-Davis Masters of Health Informatics academic program M
University of California-Irvine Data Science Program academic program B
University of California-Irvine Data Science Certificate academic program (online) C
University of California-Irvine Data Science Initiative group B , M
University of California-Los Angeles Masters in Data Science academic program M
University of California-Riverside Online Masters in Data Science academic program (online) M
University of California-San Diego Data Science Program academic program B
University of California-San Diego Master of Advanced Study in Data Science and Engineering academic program M
University of California-San Diego (Extension) Data Science & Informatics Certificates academic program C
University of California-Santa Barbara Data Science Student Club group  
University of California-Santa Cruz Data Science Initiative group  
University of California-Santa Cruz Data, Discovery, and Decisions Center center  
University of Central Florida MS in Health Care Informatics academic program M
University of Central Florida MS in Statistical Computing Data Mining Track academic program M
University of Central Florida Professional Science Master’s Program in Health Care Informatics academic program M
University of Chicago Center for Data Intensive Science center  
University of Chicago Computation Institute center  
University of Chicago Computer and Data Science Hub center  
University of Chicago MS in Computational Analysis & Public Policy academic program M
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus MS in Health Informatics academic program M
University of Colorado Boulder NA    
University of Connecticut Data Science Initiative initiative  
University of Delaware Data Science Initiative initiative  
University of Florida Data Science and Informatics group  
University of Florida Data Science Research Lab group  
University of Florida Informatics Institute center  
University of Georgia CS Undergrad in Applied Data Science academic program B
University of Hawaii at Manoa NA    
University of Houston NA    
University of Illinois at Chicago Health Informatics academic program C
University of Illinois at Chicago MS in Health Informatics Research Track academic program M
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Big Data Research Theme academic program  
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship [CIRSS] center  
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Data Science Initiative initiative  
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master of Computer Science in Data Science academic program (online) M
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MS in Statistics: Analytics Concentration academic program M
University of Iowa Data Science Institute (summer program) academic program  
University of Kansas Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis center  
University of Kansas Graduate Certificate in Data Science academic program C
University of Kentucky Institute for Biomedical Informatics center  
University of Louisville Certificate in Data Mining academic program C
University of Maryland-College Park Master of Information Management academic program M
University of Massachusetts Amherst Center for Data Science, College of Information and Computer Sciences center M
University of Massachusetts Amherst Certificate in Data Science academic program C
University of Massachusetts Amherst Computational Social Science Institute group  
University of Massachusetts Amherst Institute for Computational Biology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics [ICB3] group  
University of Massachusetts Amherst MS with Data Science Concentration academic program M
University of Miami Center for Computational Science center  
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Data Science Program academic program B
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Graduate Data Science Certificate Program academic program C
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan Institutee for Computational Discovery & Engineering academic program  
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan Institutute for Data Science center  
University of Minnesota Data Science Lab center  
University of Minnesota MS in Data Science academic program M
University of Mississippi NA    
University of Missouri-Columbia MS in Data Science academic program M
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative initiative  
University of New Mexico-Main Campus Translational Informatics (Internal Medicine) group  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Data Science in the School of Public Health group  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics academic program C
University of North Texas NA    
University of Notre Dame MS in Applied and Computational Mamatics and Statistics with a specialty in Applied Statistics academic program M
University of Notre Dame MS in Data Science academic program M
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus MS in Engineering - Data Science and Analytics Emphasis academic program M
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus MS in Management Information Systems academic program M
University of Oregon Spatial Data Science Program academic program  
University of Pennsylvania Penn Institute for Computational Science Masters Program academic program M
University of Pennsylvania Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences center  
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Center for Causal Discovery center  
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus MS in Information Science - Big Data Analytics academic program M
University of Rochester Goergen Institute for Data Science center B , M
University of Rochester MA and MS in Medical Statistics academic program M
University of Rochester Professional MS in Computer Science (Concentration in Data Analytics) academic program M
University of South Carolina-Columbia Master of Applied Statistics academic program M
University of South Florida-Main Campus MS in Health Informatics Online academic program (online) M
University of Southern California MS in Computer Science - Data Science academic program M
University of Tennessee PhD in Data Science and Engineering academic program P
University of Texas Arlington Data-Driven Discovery Plan initiative  
University of Texas at Austin NA    
University of Texas at Dallas MS in Healthcare Management with Specialization in Healthcare informatics academic program M
University of Texas at Dallas MS in Marketing with Specialization in Marketing Analytics academic program M
University of Utah Data Management and Analysis Track academic program M , P
University of Utah Graduate Certificate Big Data academic program C
University of Virginia Data Science Institute center M
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Center for Statistics and Social Sciences center  
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Certificate in Data Science academic program C
University of Washington-Seattle Campus eScience Institute center M
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Interactive Data Lab group  
University of Wisconsin-Madison Master of Engineering in Applied Computing and Engineering Data Analytics academic program (online) M
University of Wisconsin-Madison MS in Statistics - Data Science academic program M
University of Wisconsin-Madison MS in Biomedical Data Science academic program M
University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD in Biomedical Data Science academic program P
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee NA    
Vanderbilt University Data Science Track of BMI PhD program academic program P
Vanderbilt University Data Science Visions Trans-Institutional Program academic program  
Virginia Commonwealth University Data Science Lab (VCR Office) initiative  
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Computational Modeling and Data Analytics academic program B
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Discovery Analytics Center center B , M , P
Washington State University Data Science research group group  
Washington University in St Louis Certificate in Data Mining and Machine Learning academic program C
Wayne State University Data Science and Business Analytics (MS Engineering tracks) academic program M
West Virginia University Certificate in Applied Statistics academic program C
Yale University Departmental Strategic Plan initiative  

This list was created by Natalie Caulk and Carly Strasser. Email us with questions or concerns.