Illinois Institute of Technology · Illinois Tech Global

Master of Data Science (Coursera)

Awarded degree: Master of Data Science

Master'sMDSData science degree Fully online

Overview

A 33-credit online Master of Data Science delivered through Coursera with performance-based admission: completing three short courses with a grade of B or above leads to admission. Six of the credits are awarded for approved industry certificates.

Official program name: Master of Data Science (Coursera)
Awarded degree: Master of 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.
School: Illinois Institute of Technology — Illinois Tech Global
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location: Chicago, ILWhere the university is located. Study is online; this is not a residency requirement and does not decide whether you may enroll from your state.
Required credits: 33 credit hours
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration: Not verified
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Why this program is listed

Master of Data Science awarded by Illinois Tech and delivered through its Coursera partnership; verified in the Illinois Tech catalog.

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: Fully onlineAll coursework is online and the university states no required in-person attendance for this program.
Source: iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
In-person attendance: In-person requirements: not published
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Not published

The pages we checked do not say whether any orientation, residency, exam or presentation must be attended in person. Ask the university before you apply — missing information is not “no requirement”.

Curriculum

Capstone

Capstone experience is 6 credits of approved industry-relevant certificates.
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”.

Prior degree: RequiredFour-year bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Other requirement: RequiredPerformance-based admission: three courses completed with a grade of B or above
Source: catalog.iit.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

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.

Tuition for this online program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

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)

Not verified — check the university's state authorization page before applying from outside Illinois.

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-coursera/ — 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/coursera — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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