Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

The University of Connecticut always allowed flexibility in creating new, unique majors, but the immense student demand for one in particular—data science—came as a surprise. “It was almost getting ...

Imagine a job that has long-term career growth projections, remote work availability, six-figure earning potential, and a spike in job demand. That’s exactly what you get with a career in data science ...