Every day the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. The total amount of data being captured and stored by industry doubles every 1.2 years. Google alone processes on average over 40 thousand queries per second, making it over 3.5 billion in a single day. But at the moment, less than 5% of all data is ever analyzed and used. Be part of the data revolution.
Data Science at URI is a world class program where students prepare for dynamic data science careers in healthcare, transportation, sports, finance, government, e-commerce, gaming, social media, insurance, or many other domains. We emphasize an inclusive learning environment that welcomes and supports students of all genders, races, religions, and ethnicities.
Students learn to collect, clean, organize, access, analyze, and communicate data to make decisions, discoveries, and predictions regarding real world problems. Cross disciplinary teams from different domains collaborate and work with data to conduct research, answer questions, and solve complex problems, while being aware of and dealing with the ethical implications. Methods and skills emanate from computer science, ethics, mathematics, and statistics.
Job prospects are strong. Since its inception in 2016, Glassdoor, a worldwide leader on insights about jobs and companies, ranked Data Scientist as either its first, second or third best job in America, based on median base salary, the number of active job openings, and employee satisfaction rates. LinkedIn’s 2020 Emerging Jobs Report ranks Data Scientist as #3 in the list, Top 15 Emerging Jobs in the U.S. Famous companies like Google, Netflix, Amazon, Uber, Edmunds, UPS, AAA, CVS, Citizens Bank, IRS, Airbnb, Instagram, Facebook, and Tinder hire data scientists, as well as hundreds of smaller companies.