DATA SCIENCE
CAREERS
As organizations rely more on data to make decisions and drive change, they need effective leaders who are proficient in statistics, visualization and communication, data analysis, machine learning, ethics and domain knowledge to draw insights from data to solve real-world problems. Professionals with a Master of Applied Data Science can pursue various data science careers across nearly all sectors and industries. A Master of Applied Data Science may help you pursue some of the following careers, among others:
- Data scientist
- Machine learning engineer
- Marketing analyst
- Artificial intelligence specialist
- Supply chain specialist
- Data analyst
- Data consultant
Data Science Careers Across Industries
Data-driven decision-making, creative problem solving, and analytical skills are applicable across nearly every organization. Data science professionals are well-positioned to showcase their ability in various industries, including:
- Technology: Data science jobs in technology involve optimizing algorithms, enhancing user experience of apps and websites and collecting user data.
- Education: Both public and private school systems budget for data science jobs to help track learning outcomes and predict shifting student demographics.
- Government: Local, state and federal organizations post data science jobs routinely to analyze public policy, collect voters and resident data, improve public service delivery and visualize demographic changes.
- Health care: Data science careers in health care combine patient information, innovative research, and powerful data science methods to improve patient outcomes and wellbeing.
- Finance: Professionals pursue data science careers in finance to help organizations detect instances of fraud, manage risk, and use data science methods to improve financial markets analysis.
- Energy: Data science jobs across the energy sector involve predictive analytics to help maintain equipment, data visualization for environmental impacts and big data analysis to optimize supply chains.
- Retail and marketing: Data scientists in retail and marketing analyze data trends related to consumer purchasing, web behaviors and supply distribution, helping businesses improve the customer experience through personalized recommendations and improved supply chain management.
- Cybersecurity: Use data science methods to combat malicious algorithms, analyze data patterns to solve existing security threats, as well as manage and analyze system-wide data to prevent future attacks.
- Sports and entertainment: Data science careers in the sports and entertainment space challenge professionals to track audiences, personalize content recommendations and analyze viewership. In the sports world, data scientists can also use their data to track athlete performance and better understand injuries and how to prevent them.
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