MTSU to Unveil Data Science Initiatives.
News February 17, 2020 Daniel Prince
Feb. 18 news conference at Nashville Technology Council headquarters
Includes new B.S. degree, graduate certificate for exploding career path
Who: MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and faculty/staff representatives; Tennessee Higher Education Commission Executive Director Mike Krause; Nashville Technology Council representatives as well as data-related business and industry representatives
What: Middle Tennessee State University to share details of new Date Science initiatives that include a new bachelor’s degree and graduate certificate
When: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 (Media asked to be in place by 9:45 a.m.)
Where: Nashville Technology Council, Tech Hill Commons, 500 Interstate Blvd. S., Suite 200 Nashville, TN 37210
Etc.: MTSU will begin offering a new bachelor’s degree in Data Science as well as a graduate certificate geared toward working professions beginning this fall. The field of data science is exploding, with starting salaries for data scientists in the $70,000 to $85,000 and with demand predicted to soar nationwide by 28 percent this year even as thousands of data- and tech-related jobs are expected to come to or be created within the Mid-state economy.
