AIM Data Science Education Ranking 2020 | Top Online Courses In India
Rankings for 2021 are out. Access it here. Over the years, Analytics India Magazine’s annual rankings of data science & analytics programmes in India have helped thousands of aspiring students and working professionals to select the best institutes to learn or upskill themselves and enter the world of data science. The rankings compare the leading training institutes and courses across their core offerings. We put in a lot of efforts behind these rankings: A detailed survey is curated by internal discussion and taking inputs from industry expertsAll the institutes in the country are then reached to fill in the informationFollow-ups are made on missing and incorrect dataRandom checks on data are madeThe survey is processed, and the detailed ranking is then curated With this year’s ranking, we have broadened our scope of publishing these rankings to a more robust repository of information about various programmes in data science and analytics. This ranking on online analytics and data science programmes in India consists of courses that are exclusively (100%) online. The ranking has been done across various parameters such as pedagogy, faculty profile and credentials, gender diversity, faculty to student ratio, graduation outcome, external relations, placement assistance, ROI, brand value and student review. Starting this year, we are also publicly releasing our ranking methodology and survey data received from all the institutes. This is our effort to make these rankings transparent & unbiased. While we have tried to do a random check on the data submitted, the ranking has largely assumed that institutes have submitted correct & accurate information. There are many other courses that are not listed in this ranking. This ranking only lists courses that have participated in the survey by submitting the data. 1| Data Science 360 – Data Science Specialization Course By AnalytixLabs Duration of programme (including all modules): 9 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 224Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 4800Course fees: ₹ 52,000 It has the best scores in criteria such as pedagogy, gender diversity, graduation outcomes, among others. In terms of pedagogy, it has the most number of data science tools taught to students enrolled for the programme. It wins in terms of gender diversity as it has a good representation of female learners in the programme to date. It provides one on one mentorship programme and has an industry partnership with IBM to deliver the course. In terms of graduation outcomes, it has good scores in criteria such as module-level assessments, programme-level assessments and the total number of mandatory capstone projects to be completed. The course has one of the best ROI and brand values amongst all other online courses listed here as it offers the best ratio of programme fees against average CTC of the students. It also leads in terms of student reviews. 2| Data Science With Machine Learning And Deep Learning Certification Course By Ivy Proschool Duration of programme (including all modules): 8 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 280Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 2825Course fees: ₹ 51,000 It wins in the parameter of pedagogy and offers a good number of live online sessions over recorded videos. The total number of data science tools taught are also at par, along with showcasing one of the best gender diversity rates. The graduation outcomes of Ivy Proschool is similar when compared to courses by AnalytixLabs. It is also a winner in terms of brand value and ROI. This online course offers one on one mentorship and has industry partnership with Nasscom. 3| Full-Stack Data Science With AI ML By AnalytixLabs Duration of programme (including all modules): 7 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 200Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 1200Course fees: ₹ 60,000 This online course by AnalytixLabs has the best programme completion rate. It also has one of the best ROI and brand value when compared to other online courses on the list. It again wins in terms of the student reviews. It has an industry partnership with IBM for this course. 4| PG Program In Data Science – UPES By Edvancer Duration of programme (including all modules): 10 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 300Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 350Course fees: ₹ 54,990 This online course by Edvancer stands behind only three courses in terms of the ratio of faculty to students, as it has one of the best ratios. Another key highlight of this course is the programme completion rate and ROI in terms of programme fees against the average CTC of students from the programme. The course has good student reviews. 5| IIML Wiley Executive Program In Business And Data Analytics By WileyNXT Duration of programme (including all modules): 6 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 156Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 64Course fees: ₹ 1,99,000 With an average display of gender diversity, this online course by WileyNXT showcases good graduation outcomes in terms of module-level assessment, programme-level assessment and programme completion rate. It ranks second in terms of external collaboration and placement assistance, with one to one mentorship. The program is designed by the Wiley Innovation Advisory Council of top 50 thought leaders in emerging tech and business. 6| IIML Wiley Executive Program In Data-Driven Product Management By WileyNXT Duration of programme (including all modules): 12 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 142Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 121Course fees: ₹ 1,49,000 This online course is ahead of many courses in terms of a good faculty profile and credentials. It is a clear winner when it comes to programme completion rate and has the top scores in this parameter. It has the best average placement rate of all batches of the programme to date and ranks on the top. It also has the maximum percentage of students placed from the previous batch. It also has good student reviews. 7| IIML Wiley Executive Program In Analytics For F&A Professionals By WileyNXT Duration of programme (including all modules): 12 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 127Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 102Course fees: ₹ 1,40,000 With the best faculty profile and credential, this online course is a clear winner in this criteria. It has good gender diversity and graduation outcome and showcases the best programme completion rate. It provides one on one mentorship and ranks second in terms of the percentage of students placed from the previous batch. It also has the second-best placement rate of all the courses listed here. 8| Data Science Master Course By JanBask Training Duration of programme (including all modules): 2 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 65Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 1200Course fees: ₹ 29,999 It has the best scores and tops in the parameter of pedagogy with the best ratio of live sessions to recorded sessions. The online course showcases good gender diversity and has one of the best programme completion rates. It offers one on one mentorship but no external collaborations in terms of industry or university partnership. While it does not match up to others in terms of ROI and brand value, student reviews for this programme are one of the best. 9| Post Graduate Diploma In Business Analytics & Intelligence By Amity Future Academy Duration of programme (including all modules): 12 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 250Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 425Course fees: ₹ 1,55,000 With one of the best graduation outcomes in terms of total no. of module-level assessment and programme-level assessment, it also has one of the best programme completion rates. Some of the other plus points are good gender diversity, one on one mentorship and partnership with Arizona State University and Thunderbird School of management. This online course by Amity Future Academy offers a good ROI and brand value. 10| Data Science Online Course with Certification By Inventateq Duration of programme (including all modules): 4 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 130Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 6831Course fees: ₹ 20,000 With a good gender diversity, this online programme by Inventateq has one of the best programme completion rates. While it offers one on one mentorship, it does not have an industry or university partnership. It is second-best in terms of ROI when it comes to the ratio of programme fees against the average CTC of students from the programme. 11| Data Science Course Training By Excelr Duration of programme (including all modules): 6 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 270Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 12000Course fees: ₹ 97,000 With one of the best pedagogy, i.e. more live sessions than recorded sessions, and a good number of data science tools taught, it stands decent in terms of faculty profile and credentials. It has the best faculty to student ratio among all online courses ranked here, and, in fact, tops in this criteria. It, however, lags in graduation outcome as the programme completion rate is the lowest. It has industry and university partnership with Steinbeis University Germany, IBM and TCS. 12| Business Analytics/Certificate In Data Science By IMS Proschool Duration of programme (including all modules): 4 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 172.5Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 2076Course fees: ₹ 50,000 This online course by IMS Proschool showcases the second-best faculty to student ratio and good gender diversity in students enrolled for the programme. With one on one mentorship programme, it has an industry partnership with NSE for the programme. The pedagogy and graduation outcome is average and has good student reviews. 13| Learning Path In Data Science By Board Infinity Duration of programme (including all modules): 6 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 150Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 1060Course fees: ₹ 65,000 With one of the best pedagogy of all the online courses listed here, its ratio of sessions that are live vs recorded is relatively high. Though it has an average faculty to student ratio, the course has a good gender diversity. The course displays a good capstone project completion rate by students but lags in programme completion rate. 14| Full-Stack Data Scientist By 360 DigiTMG Duration of programme (including all modules): 12 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 600Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 2800Course fees: ₹ 2,20,000 One of the frontrunners in terms of the total number of data science tools taught to students, which is a part of pedagogy, this online course by 360 DigiTMG is also good in terms of faculty to student ratio. It has the best graduation outcome and ranks on the top for programme completion rate, however, lags in terms of placement assistance and ROI. It has industry and university partnership with City & Guilds UK, IBM, Panasonic India Innovation Center, UTM (University). 15| Post Graduate Program In Data Science By Amity Future Academy Duration of programme (including all modules): 12 monthsTotal no. of learning sessions (in hours): 180Total no. of students enrolled for the programme till date: 395Course fees: ₹ 1,85,000 Best in terms of the total number of data science tools taught to students, it is behind only four online courses in terms of faculty profile and credentials. It scores equal to the top ranking institutions in terms of graduation outcomes but lags in terms of ROI and brand value. The programme offers one on one mentorship and has a collaboration with Cornell University. You can find the detailed methodology followed for this ranking here. We are also sharing the data received from the institutes listed in this ranking. It can be accessed here.
Rankings for 2021 are out. Access it here. Over the years, Analytics India Magazine’s annual rankings of data science & analytics programmes in India have helped thousands of aspiring students and working professionals to select the best institutes to learn or upskill themselves and enter the world of data science. The rankings compare the leading […]
This ranking on online analytics and data science programmes in India consists of the courses that are exclusively (100%) online.
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