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What can you do with a
Data Science degree?

Data Science is modest-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Where this major actually leads

8 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Computer and Information Systems Managerscommon
AI risk 16 → 53 future · +15.2% demand
$188,406
Computer and Information Research Scientistsstretch
AI risk 34 → 63 future · +19.7% demand
$173,300
Database Architectsleap
AI risk 58 → 88 future · +8.7% demand
$135,255
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$129,642
Statisticiansleap
AI risk 21 → 79 future · +8.5% demand
$128,201
Data Scientistsleap
AI risk 46 → 75 future · +33.5% demand
$125,923
Natural Sciences Managersstretch
AI risk 6 → 57 future · +3.7% demand
$120,380
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$70,000
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.