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Analyzing 鈥渂ig data鈥� is a growing field with great unfulfilled demand in industry and government. Many fields increasingly utilize statistical methods and large, complex data sets in routine practice.

The career聽outlook for Data Science graduates is excellent.聽According to a聽2017 study by IBM, demand for data scientists will increase 28% by 2020, with more than 60,000聽job openings聽per聽year.

A full description of the Data Science major at Saint Michael鈥檚 College, including curriculum and faculty is available on our website.

For information on career paths of our Data Science alumni, visit our Alumni Spotlights.

Saint Michael鈥檚 College hired to Professor Michael Larsen, who received his PhD at Harvard University, to develop and teach classes. According to Professor Larsen, a background in statistics 鈥渋s useful broadly in jobs, in graduate programs and just in general in a lot of aspects of life –and I think we鈥檙e at a special point where computing and the availability of data are where you can really try to do some exciting things.鈥�

A second professor leading the effort is Greta Pangborn, who was trained at Cornell University, said that a number of her recent graduates in math and computer science have gone on to work in the data science field already. The emergence of Data Science was a recent focus in such major publications as Forbes, sparking interest among current and prospective students.

Research across a wide spectrum of disciplines uses and relies on statistical methods together with computing skills with insight and expertise in working with Big Data.聽According to Professor Larsen, many employers, whatever the industry, are interested in analyzing their customer data bases and market information on the internet.

Saint Michael鈥檚 faculty already was so strong in STEM-related disciplines that the new Data Science major was a natural addition, said Dr. Karen Talentino, the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Saint Michael鈥檚 College. For a full list of STEM and other majors offered at Saint Michael鈥檚 College see our List of Majors.