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🇺🇸 Best Data Science Programs in United States by ROI
Ranked by ROI score — net salary after rent and living costs, weighted by graduation rate, relative to total degree tuition. Salary figures are median graduate earnings from government data (2026).
| # | University | ROI | Salary ($) | Payback | Tuition ($/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Computer Science. | 48.0 | $84,241 | 2 yrs | $33,925 |
| 2 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 40.2 | $72,942 | 2 yrs | $33,925 |
| 3 | University of Chicago Computer Science. | 39.9 | $84,241 | 2 yrs | $41,608 |
| 4 | University of Georgia Computer Science. | 39.8 | $84,241 | 2 yrs | $39,021 |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Statistics. | 38.4 | $73,978 | 2 yrs | $36,786 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University Computer Science. | 37.1 | $84,241 | 3 yrs | $44,369 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Computer Science. | 36.8 | $84,241 | 2 yrs | $40,194 |
| 8 | Rice University Statistics. | 36.6 | $73,978 | 3 yrs | $37,436 |
| 9 | University of California-San Diego Computer Science. | 36.2 | $84,241 | 2 yrs | $34,916 |
| 10 | Purdue University-Main Campus Computer Science. | 36.1 | $84,241 | 2 yrs | $40,880 |
| 11 | Rice University Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 36.0 | $72,942 | 3 yrs | $37,436 |
| 12 | University of California-Berkeley Computer Science. | 35.9 | $84,241 | 3 yrs | $37,747 |
| 13 | Stanford University Computer Science. | 34.8 | $84,241 | 3 yrs | $38,660 |
| 14 | University of Chicago Statistics. | 34.0 | $73,978 | 3 yrs | $41,608 |
| 15 | University of Georgia Statistics. | 33.9 | $73,978 | 3 yrs | $39,021 |
| 16 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Computer Science. | 31.9 | $84,241 | 3 yrs | $46,978 |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles Statistics. | 31.6 | $73,978 | 3 yrs | $35,134 |
| 18 | University of California-Irvine Computer Science. | 31.5 | $84,241 | 3 yrs | $39,903 |
| 19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Statistics. | 31.4 | $73,978 | 3 yrs | $40,194 |
| 20 | University of California-Los Angeles Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 31.0 | $72,942 | 3 yrs | $35,134 |
| 21 | Brigham Young University Computer Science. | 30.9 | $84,241 | 3 yrs | $43,579 |
| 22 | California Institute of Technology Computer Science. | 30.3 | $84,241 | 3 yrs | $45,010 |
| 23 | University of Maryland-College Park Computer Science. | 30.1 | $84,241 | 3 yrs | $43,898 |
| 24 | University of California-Berkeley Statistics. | 29.6 | $73,978 | 3 yrs | $37,747 |
| 25 | Stanford University Statistics. | 28.7 | $73,978 | 3 yrs | $38,660 |