2025 MADS Employment Report
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
Job held while in the program
First job in the data science field
Still seeking data science job
Secured promotion/
advancement within organization
Self-employed/
started own business
Continued education
Where our graduates are working
Midwest
South
Northeast
West
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
Technology
Manufacturing
Financial services
University/college
Consulting
Health/medicine
Consumer goods & services
Entertainment/
sports/gaming
Government
Digital/marketing agency
Start-up/entrepreneurial
Education
Nonprofit/NGO
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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