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Computational and Data Science, Ph.D.

Awarded degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Computational and Data Science

PhDJoint degreeCompetitive full funding

Overview

An on-ground, research-intensive interdisciplinary Ph.D. drawing on faculty from eight science and engineering departments. Research and teaching assistantships with stipends beginning at $20,100, plus tuition and most fees, are available on a competitive basis to full-time students.

Official program name
Computational and Data Science, Ph.D.
Awarded degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Computational and Data Science
Source: mtsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level
PhD — research doctorate
Program classification
Joint degree naming data scienceOne degree whose official title names data science together with another field, such as Statistics and Data Science.Focus: Computational data science
School
Source: datascience.mtsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location
Murfreesboro, TN
Required credits
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)
Why this program is listed

Research doctorate whose title names computational science and data science together.

Source: mtsu.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.Classes meet in person on campus.
Source: mtsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Class schedule
Not verified
Study intensity
Not published

Curriculum

Other

  • Students may also complete a master's in Mathematics, Computer Science or Data Science with a few extra courses and requirements.
    Source: mtsu.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”.

Admission requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

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

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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.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
Resident (in-state) — Graduate in-state, hours 1-10, Fall 2026 or Spring 2027From the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level$623per credit · 2026-2027Source: mtsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Nonresident (out-of-state) — Graduate out-of-state, hours 1-10, Fall 2026 or Spring 2027From the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level$1,722per credit · 2026-2027Source: mtsu.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: Competitive full-funding awards

Full funding (tuition and stipend) is available to selected students only. Admission does not guarantee it.

Published stipend
$20,100
Tuition coverage
University pays all tuition and most fees for assistantship holders.
Source: mtsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Stipend
Assistantship stipends beginning at $20,100, competitive, for full-time students.
Source: mtsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
International students
Non-Tennessee residents awarded an assistantship do not pay out-of-state fees.
Source: mtsu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) — 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.
  1. datascience.mtsu.edu/minor/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  2. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. mtsu.edu/program/computational-and-data-science-ph-d/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  4. mtsu.edu/tuition/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2026/06/26-27_Graduate.pdf — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026

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PhDFunding not verified
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Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
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