Carnegie Mellon University · Department of Statistics and Data Science

Master of Science in Applied Data Science (MADS)

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Applied Data Science

Master'sMSData science degree

Overview

A 9-month, two-semester professional master's in the Department of Statistics and Data Science with a cohort-based core, a Statistical Practice consulting capstone and no thesis. Applications for the 2027 cohort are due January 15, 2027.

Official program name: Master of Science in Applied Data Science (MADS)
Awarded degree: Master of Science in Applied Data Science
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level: Master's
Program classification: Dedicated data science degreeThe awarded degree or official program title is data science itself.Focus: Applied data science
School: Carnegie Mellon University — Department of Statistics and Data Science
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Required credits: Not verified
Duration: 9-month, two-semester
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Why this program is listed

Awarded degree is a Master of Science in Applied Data Science.

Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

We list data science bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees — dedicated, joint, and (separately labelled) related degrees with an officially named data science concentration. Eligibility rules

Format and attendance

Delivery, required in-person attendance, class schedule and study intensity are shown separately, each only as the university states it. “Fully online” appears only when official wording supports it.

Academic delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Full-time
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

Capstone

Statistical Practice: a consulting project with industry and academic clients.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Thesis

No thesis requirement.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

Fall core: Professional Skills for Statisticians I, Data Visualization, Data Engineering, Applied Linear Models, Statistical Computing.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the university states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Statistics prerequisites: RecommendedTwo semesters of calculus-based probability and mathematical statistics, and one course in linear regression analysis.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Statement / essay: RequiredApplicant background, goals and post-graduation objectives.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Recommendation letters: Required3 letters — Three recommendation letters, two of which should be from faculty.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Résumé / CV: RequiredA resume.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Application fee: Required$50 — $50 if applying by November 2, 2026; $75 from November 3, 2026.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Transcripts: RequiredUndergraduate and graduate transcripts from all institutions attended.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Tests

GRE General Test: OptionalListed as 'If applicable'.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
TOEFL iBT: Not verifiedIf applicable, TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo scores.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the university printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadline
January 15, 2027 · for Fall 2027 · EST
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Upcoming
Other deadline
Rolling admission · for Fall 2027
The university does not print a year with this date.
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Rolling

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.

Category	Amount	Basis and year
All students — Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences (DC) graduate tuitionFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$53,000	per academic year · 2026-2027Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Other published fees

Technology Fee: $490 per academic yearMandatory
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Student Activities Fee: $248 per academic yearMandatory
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Transportation Fee: $302 per academic yearMandatory
Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Funding

Funding policy and awards exactly as the university publishes them. Available assistantships do not establish guaranteed funding; loans must be repaid and are not scholarships. Understanding funding

Funding classification: Funding not verified

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable.

Scholarships, fellowships or assistantships for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Accreditation and enrollment restrictions

Two separate questions: is the university institutionally accredited, and does it publish restrictions on who can enroll (for online programs, usually by state of residence)?

Institutional accreditation

Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Programmatic accreditation

No programmatic accreditation verified for this program. Institutional accreditation does not imply it.

Published enrollment restrictions (state authorization)

None recorded for this program.

International applicants

Not verified for this program.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 11, 2026.

DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
cmu.edu/dietrich/statistics-datascience/academics/index.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
cmu.edu/dietrich/statistics-datascience/academics/mads/index.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
cmu.edu/sfs/tuition/graduate/dc.html — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026

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