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Best Data Science Colleges in Massachusetts
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This ranking scores 46 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.
Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.
The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.
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Data Science programs in Massachusetts ranked by outcomes and program concentration
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Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.
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Longer bars = higher graduation rate.
Top 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
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Williams College
Williamstown, MA
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · 4,535 students · Private nonprofit
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · 7,601 students · Private nonprofit
Williams College
Williamstown, MA · 2,076 students · Private nonprofit
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA · 2,300 students · Private nonprofit
Amherst College
Amherst, MA · 1,911 students · Private nonprofit
Northeastern University
Boston, MA · 17,326 students · Private nonprofit
Tufts University
Medford, MA · 7,061 students · Private nonprofit
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA · 3,747 students · Private nonprofit
Boston University
Boston, MA · 18,248 students · Private nonprofit
Smith College
Northampton, MA · 2,544 students · Private nonprofit
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA · 5,447 students · Private nonprofit
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · 10,085 students · Private nonprofit
Bentley University
Waltham, MA · 4,474 students · Private nonprofit
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA · 2,169 students · Private nonprofit
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA · 3,618 students · Private nonprofit
Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA · 6,083 students · Public
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills, MA · 3,837 students · Public
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston, MA · 8,612 students · Public
Worcester State University
Worcester, MA · 3,930 students · Public
Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA · 1,108 students · Private nonprofit
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner, MA · 3,059 students · Public
Simmons University
Boston, MA · 1,670 students · Private nonprofit
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA · 949 students · Private nonprofit
North Shore Community College
Danvers, MA · 4,393 students · Public
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA · 2,752 students · Public
Quincy College
Quincy, MA · 2,300 students · Public
Suffolk University
Boston, MA · 4,268 students · Private nonprofit
Western New England University
Springfield, MA · 2,603 students · Private nonprofit
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, MA · 3,685 students · Public
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA · 7,468 students · Private nonprofit
Assumption University
Worcester, MA · 1,669 students · Private nonprofit
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, MA · 713 students · Public
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA · 23,671 students · Public
Gordon College
Wenham, MA · 1,278 students · Private nonprofit
Massasoit Community College
Brockton, MA · 4,235 students · Public
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable, MA · 2,911 students · Public
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA · 11,434 students · Public
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MA · 4,759 students · Public
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA · 11,512 students · Public
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA · 3,591 students · Public
Fisher College
Boston, MA · 1,167 students · Private nonprofit
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MA · 6,447 students · Public
Framingham State University
Framingham, MA · 2,566 students · Public
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA · 5,221 students · Public
Middlesex Community College
Bedford, MA · 5,412 students · Public
Roxbury Community College
Roxbury Crossing, MA · 1,977 students · Public
Sources & Citations
David Krug
Co-Founder, CollegeRanker
David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.
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