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Stony Brook University · Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and Department of Computer Science

PhD in Data Science

Awarded degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Data Science

PhDData science degreeFunding not verified

Overview

A research doctorate requiring at least 78 credits, including the ten MS core courses, electives and at least 18 thesis research credits. Students take a written qualifying exam (CS foundations and data mining) at the end of the first year.

Official program name
PhD in Data Science
Awarded degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Data Science
Source: stonybrook.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level
PhD — research doctorate
Program classification
Dedicated data science degreeThe awarded degree or official program title is data science itself.
School
Source: stonybrook.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location
Stony Brook, NY
Required credits
minimum 78 credits, including at least 18 thesis research credits
Source: stonybrook.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration
Not verified
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)
Why this program is listed

Research doctorate in Data Science jointly offered by Applied Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science.

Source: stonybrook.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
Format not verified
Class schedule
Not verified
Study intensity
Not published

Curriculum

Other

  • Written doctoral qualifying exam at the end of the first academic year: a 3-hour CS foundation exam and a 3-hour Data Mining exam.
    Source: stonybrook.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Dissertation

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
RequiredBachelor's degree in a quantitative or related field with strong mathematics and programming background
Source: stonybrook.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Minimum GPA
RequiredMinimum 3 — Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 3.0
Source: stonybrook.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Recommendation letters
Required3 letters — Three letters of reference
Source: stonybrook.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Tests

TOEFL iBT
RequiredRequired for non-native English speakers without a degree from an English-language institution; TOEFL, IELTS and Duolingo accepted.
Source: stonybrook.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.

Tuition for this 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.

Separate application
Admitted PhD students are automatically considered for financial support and tuition waiver if the application is submitted by the due date.
Source: stonybrook.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

  • 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.
  1. DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. stonybrook.edu/ams/academics/graduate/data-science.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  3. stonybrook.edu/ams/academics/graduate/grad-admissions-data-science.html — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026

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