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2025 MADS Employment Report

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About this report 

 

The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) Career Development Office surveys our graduates to identify their post-graduation plans and outcomes. This report summarizes outcomes from 2024 UMSI-MADS (Masters of Applied Data Science) graduates who completed the survey by the deadline or for whom a known outcome was reported in other ways. Of the 319 MADS students who graduated in 2024, 151 (or 47%) responded to the survey or reported their outcome in other ways. It is important to note that MADS students participate in this online program from around the world, bringing in a variety of experiences, as well as goals for participating in this program i.e., career advancement/promotion, new job, new field, skill development, salary boost, etc.

 

Outcome type

44%

Job held while in the program

22%

First job in the data science field

22%

Still seeking data science job

10%

Secured promotion/ 
advancement within organization

2%

Self-employed/ 
started own business

1%

Continued education

Where our graduates are working

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30%

Midwest

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17%

South

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17%

Northeast

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16%

West

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20%

International

International students job locations

United States: 13

 

China: 4

 

Canada: 3

 

Hong Kong: 3

Germany: 2

 

South Korea: 2

 

Australia: 1

 

Lebanon: 1

Saudi Arabia: 1

 

Singapore: 1

 

Taiwan: 1

Top industries our graduates are working in

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17%

Technology

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16%

Manufacturing

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11%

Financial services

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11%

University/college

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8%

Consulting

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8%

Health/medicine

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5%

Consumer goods & services

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4%

Entertainment/ 
sports/gaming

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4%

Government

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4%

Digital/marketing agency

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4%

Start-up/entrepreneurial

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3%

Education

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3%

Nonprofit/NGO

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2%

Pharma/biotech

2025 Job Outcomes

 

Bold text indicates an international student’s job outcome.

Consulting

Data Scientist, LRQA

 

Senior Software Engineer, Bellese Technologies

 

Advisory Consultant, Deloitte

 

Principal Solutions Architect, MERU

 

Manager, Data Science and Analytics | Energy Optimization, Veolia North America

 

Senior Associate Consultant, Kepner-Tregoe

 

Director of Political Data and Analytics, Aristotle International

 

Data Quality Manager, Capgemini

 

Senior Consultant - Business Intelligence Lead / Data Analyst, Turner & Townsend

 

Consumer goods & services

Inventory Data Scientist II, Clark Associates

 

Data Scientist, Domino's

 

Data Science Senior Manager, Verizon

 

Manager, Data Analytics, Walmart

 

Business Analyst, Prime Roots

 

Process and Data Analyst, Kroger

 

Education

Director of Operations, Beeja Academy

 

Substitute Teacher, Coppell ISD

 

Senior Product Manager, Udacity

 

Entertainment/
sports/gaming

Deputy Editor, The Upshot, The New York Times

 

Director of Engineering, Data Platforms, Twitch

 

Digital Experience Data Analyst, The Walt Disney Company

 

Software Engineer, Machine Learning, YouTube

 

Financial services

Sr Manager, Workforce Data & Analytics, RBC

 

Principal Economist, Head of APAC Crops, S&P Global

 

Data Scientist, Bank of Canada

 

Software Engineer, UBS

 

Investor, Zhen Fund

 

Senior Software Engineer, Capital One

 

Head of Marketing, Life Insurance, Nationwide Financial

 

Head of Treasury, MUFG

 

Senior Associate, Fidelity Investments

 

Quantitative Analyst, State Street

 

Vice President Analytics Solutions Manager, JPMorganChase

 

Senior Business Analyst, Comerica Bank

 

Government

Deputy District Director, U.S. House of Representatives

 

Data Scientist, California Department of Public Health

 

Research Data Analyst II, California Department of Developmental Services

 

Associate Data Scientist, United States - Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic - NIWC

Health/medicine

Biomedical Data Science Program Director, CSL

 

Consultant, IQVIA Middle East and Africa

 

Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Suzhou Kowloon Hospital Ltd. Co.

 

Senior Solutions Architect, Michigan Medicine

 

Senior Data Science Engineer, Health Care Service Corporation

 

Manager | Senior Data Scientist, CVS Health

 

Data Scientist, National Kidney Registry

 

Data Science Consultant, Kaiser Permanente

 

Data Scientist (Growth), Stellarus

 

Manufacturing

Laser Engineer, Artotech

 

Project Manager, Standard Chem & Pharm Co.

 

Project Engineer, FCC Industrial

 

Lead Data Analyst, Amway

 

Director of Digital Products and Solutions, PSG, a Dover company

 

Data Analytics Engineer, Honda

 

Clinical Data Scientist, Saluda Medical

 

Data Engineer, Ford Motor Company

 

Manager, Sales Analytics, Fresenius Kabi USAA

 

Product Performance Engineer, FPT Industrial

 

Director of Digital Solutions, Data and Analytics, Greenheck Group

 

Data Scientist, Stellantis

 

Business Intelligence Analyst, MMS

 

EWM COTS Specialist, Ford Motor Co

 

Data Scientist, Ford Motor Co

 

Senior Systems Analysis Engineer, Pratt & Whitney

 

Data Scientist, Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic

 

Data Scientist, General Motors

 

Aerodynamics Performance Engineer, Anduril Industries

 

Marketing/design agency

Engineer - Data, Design, JDI Design Center

 

Data Analyst 2, Epsilon

 

Data Analytics Director, RAPP

 

Digital Marketing Associate & Data Scientist, TBH Marketing & Consulting, Inc

 

Nonprofit/NGO

Data Analyst, Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana

 

Volunteer Data Scientist, American Red Cross

 

Program Coordinator, Hopelink

 

Pharma/biotech

Head Budget and Resource Management, Novartis

 

Associate Director, Novartis

 

Start-up/
entrepreneurial

Founder, Jason Kronemeyer LLC & Bay Mills Community College

 

Senior Data Analyst, Hydrosimulatics

 

Independent Consultant, G.S. Holden LLC

Principal & Founder, Kortex.ai Inc

 

Biostatistics Consultant, Self-Employed

 

Technology

Global AI Strategic Partnerships Senior Manager, SK Telecom

 

Chief Builder, IFINITY

 

AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect, Google

 

International Business Director, GCCAlliance Inc.

 

Strategic Procurement Manager, HP

 

Data Analyst, Loveholidays

 

Sr. Network Architect, IP Core Networks in collaboration with Data Acquisition and Reporting, Shaw Communications

 

Software Project Manager, Feisend

 

Senior Product Manager, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence

 

Data Analyst, FreightVerify

 

Technical Project Lead, Liberty Robotics

 

Senior People Analytics Associate, LinkedIn

 

Data Quality Analyst, Lockheed Martin

 

Head of North America Transfers Finance and Analytics, Amazon

 

Senior Application Engineer, ANSYS, Inc.

 

Sr Lead Security Engineer, Lumen Technologies

 

AI Scientist, Microsoft

 

Data Scientist, Nvidia

 

Senior Manager, Analytics and Data Science, Adobe Firefly, Adobe

 

Sr. Data Scientist, Meta

 

Data Engineer, CloudWave

 

University/college

Researcher, Westlake University

 

Researcher, University of Cologne

 

Master's Student, University of Michigan School of Information

 

Chief Technology Director, University of Michigan

 

Budget Analyst Lead, University of Michigan

 

Senior Data Architect - Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy, University of Michigan Medical School

 

Computational Linguist and Machine Learning Engineer, University of Michigan - Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society

 

Research Software Programmer, University of Michigan

 

Master's Student, Columbia University

 

Data Scientist, John Hopkins University

 

Data Science Course Developer / Manager, Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

 

Other

Other Sr Technical Consultant, Andela

 

GIS Coordinator, Mid-America Real Estate

 

Technology Engineer, BASF

 

Senior Business Analyst, MasTec

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