Illinois Institute of Technology · Department of Applied Mathematics and Department of Computer Science

Master of Applied Science in Data Science

Awarded degree: Master of Applied Science in Data Science

Master'sMASData science degree

Overview

A 33-credit professional master's in data science offered jointly by Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, with 15 core credits, 12 elective credits and a six-credit capstone (practicum, research or coursework track). Full-time students may finish in one year including a summer term.

Official program name: Master of Applied Science in Data Science
Awarded degree: Master of Applied Science in Data Science
Source: catalog.iit.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: Illinois Institute of Technology — Department of Applied Mathematics and Department of Computer Science
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location: Chicago, IL
Required credits: 33 credit hours
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration: one year, including one summer term (full-time)
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Courses may be taken online, in person or in a hybrid format; a separate Coursera-delivered Master of Data Science is recorded separately.

Why this program is listed

Catalog title of the campus degree is Master of Applied Science in Data Science (the program site calls it the Master of Data Science).

Source: catalog.iit.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: HybridA substantial part of the coursework meets in person and part is online.
Source: iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Full-time or Part-time
Source: iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

Capstone

Six-credit capstone with practicum, research or coursework tracks.
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

15 credit hours of core courses, 12 of electives, 6 of capstone.
Source: catalog.iit.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”.

Minimum GPA: RequiredMinimum 3 — Bachelor's degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Prerequisite courses: RequiredObject-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms, multivariate calculus, linear algebra, probability and statistics
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Tests

GRE General Test: Required — minimum 304Combined verbal and quantitative at least 304 and analytical writing at least 3.0; may be waived for U.S. bachelor's holders with a GPA of at least 3.0.
Source: catalog.iit.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 deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

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 — Fall 2026 Mies (Main) Campus graduate students, per credit hourFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$1,925	per credit · 2026-2027Estimated tuition$63,525 = 33 credits × $1,925 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required in-person sessions, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Estimated total tuition: $63,525 (33 credits × $1,925 per credit)

Comparison basis: All students — Fall 2026 Mies (Main) Campus graduate students, per credit hour, 2026-2027. Excludes mandatory fees, books, living costs and any rate changes during the program. How we calculate

Other published fees

Admissions application fee: $100 entire programMandatory
Source: iit.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

Higher Learning Commission (HLC) — 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.

catalog.iit.edu/graduate/colleges/computing/applied-mathematics/master-data-science/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
iit.edu/academics/programs/data-science-mas — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
iit.edu/student-accounting/tuition-and-fees/current-tuition-and-fees/current-mies-campus-graduate — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026

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