AI and Data Science Academic Programs in the United States (2020–2025): A Normalized Relational Dataset of Universities, Annual Statistics, AI/DS Degree Programs, and Admission Requirements

This dataset contains a normalized relational database of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science (DS) academic programs offered by selected universities in the United States during the 2020-2025 period. The dataset was created to analyze universities, their annual institutional changes, their AI/DS degree offerings, and the admissions expectations associated with those programs. It includes 20 universities drawn from at least 5 different U.S. states and includes both public and private institutions to provide geographic and institutional diversity.
The data is organized into four related tables: University, University_Annual_Stats, Degree_Program, and Admission_Requirement. In its final form, the dataset contains 20 university records, 100 annual statistics records covering five academic years per university, 43 AI/DS degree program records, and 43 linked admission requirement records. The annual statistics table captures general university information such as tuition, student population, acceptance rate, graduation rate, and the number of AI/DS programs recorded in the dataset. The program and admissions tables capture details such as program name, field, degree level, first offered year, duration, class type, minimum GPA, SAT requirement status, and prerequisite expectations.
The dataset was compiled from multiple publicly available sources, including official university websites, program pages, admissions pages, and public higher-education reference sources. Data elements were selected based on availability, consistency, and usefulness for modeling relational tables. The final structure reduces redundancy and improves data integrity through the use of primary and foreign key relationships, making the dataset useable for database coursework, SQL practice, relational design analysis, and the study of higher-education offerings for AI and Data Science in the United States. The published files include the normalized spreadsheet tables and the MySQL script used to create and populate the database.