Lace Padilla is a Data Science professor at Northeastern University rated 4.24/5 by 117 students, with 3.3/5 difficulty and 67.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Lace Padilla professor reviews and ratings: 4.24/5 from 117 student reviews at Northeastern (67.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
I know I may sound biased, given my final grade. But this professor is AMAZING. I don't leave reviews often honestly, but for her I just had to. Her videos are edited well (YouTube-level) and her course is set up really nicely. I highly recommend for DS4200. Easily one of the best professors I've ever had at NEU.DS4200 2025-10-19 17:26:40 +0000 UTC
PSYCH 3466 -- LOVE LOVE LOVE this professor!!! She genuinely cares about students and makes class super engaging. Grades are based on 3 open-note take-home exams, discussion posts, and a paper. Attendance isn't mandatory, but you'll want to go, it's always worth it!CS7250 2025-04-16 22:21:00 +0000 UTC
This class was great up until the last few assignments. Suddenly the TAs and prof started grading significantly harder. Very upsetting to not be able to get an A even though the course is set up to progressively finish your final project. Don't give students full marks and NO FEEDBACK and then suddenly start grading incredibly harsh for the final.DS4200 2025-06-26 12:17:51 +0000 UTC
She was a great professor and gave so many examples. Very interesting to learn from.CS7250 2025-04-15 23:26:18 +0000 UTC
This class is relatively easy except towards the last few assignments. The TAs started grading very harshly for the actual visualizations and graded extremely harshly for the final project.DS4200 2025-06-24 17:22:21 +0000 UTC
Really well put together course materials from Dr. Padilla. Class had a fun mix of the technical side of data visualization and the ethics / creativity / presentation component. It did have more reading than I am used to in other CS classes, but it's a 7xxx class so the research component is expected, and they weren't overly difficult.CS7250 2023-12-16 19:18:09 +0000 UTC
Lace Padilla has an average rating of 4.24/5 from 117 student reviews. 67.0% of students said they would take them again.
Lace Padilla's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.3/5 based on student reviews.
Lace Padilla has taught DS4200, CS7250, PSYC3466 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.