MS, Data Science and Analytics
at Ferris State University

Data Science/Analytics is a growing field that uses data to gather intelligence in business, marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, insurance, homeland security, criminal justice, education, government, healthcare, and manufacturing. Data Science/Analytics is an interdisciplinary area that involves computer science, information science, and statistics that turns raw data into information creating knowledge to achieve organizational goals and sustain a competitive advantages. In 2021, data scientist ranked as the second-best job among all jobs in the US with a median salary of $113,736 per year. According to Quanthub, job listings of data scientists increased by 37% in 2019. In 2020, according to the same report, there is an estimated job shortage of data scientists of about 250,000 country-wide.