University of Rochester · Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, with the UR Health Lab

MS in Healthcare Data Science and AI

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Data Science and AI

Master'sMSData science degree Fully online

Overview

An online, 32-credit master's degree of eight four-credit courses, built with the UR Health Lab, delivered through scheduled Zoom lectures that are also recorded, and ending in a healthcare data science practicum and capstone; full-time in two semesters or part-time.

Official program name: MS in Healthcare Data Science and AI
Awarded degree: Master of Science in Data Science and AI
Source: rochester.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: Health / biomedical data science
School: University of Rochester — Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, with the UR Health Lab
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location: Rochester, NYWhere 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: 32 credits (eight four-credit courses)
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration: 10 months or up to 22 months; maximum 5 years
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Start terms: Summer, Fall
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Lectures are also recorded for offline review; the page encourages attending synchronous lectures.

Why this program is listed

The diploma reads Master of Science in Data Science and AI (program marketed as Healthcare Data Science and AI). Data science is named in the awarded degree; the profile shows the official awarded title.

Source: rochester.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: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
In-person attendance: No required campus visits (stated)
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Class schedule: Synchronous (live sessions)
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Study intensity: Full-time or Part-time
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026

In-person requirements as published

Proctored exams Not verified
Exams may be proctored or otherwise monitored; format not specified.
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

Capstone

Students propose their own capstone projects with a disciplinary mentor and a data science mentor.
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

Courses include Healthcare Data Management and Clinical Informatics, Deep Learning for Healthcare, and a Healthcare Data Science Practicum.
Source: rochester.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: RequiredBachelor's degree from a regionally accredited US institution or comparable foreign degree
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Prerequisite courses: Not requiredProgramming, calculus and statistics not required but beneficial
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Recommendation letters: Required2 letters — Two letters of recommendation
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Tests

GRE General Test: Not requiredConsidered if provided.
Source: rochester.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.

Final deadline
Rolling admission · for Fall 2027
The university does not print a year with this date.
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Final deadline
Rolling admission · for Summer 2027
The university does not print a year with this date.
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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.

Tuition discounts and fellowships Tuition discountCompetitive
Eligibility: All applicants considered automatically
Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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)

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

International applicants

The online program does not offer visa status.Source: rochester.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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
rochester.edu/data-science/graduate/apply.html — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026
rochester.edu/data-science/graduate/healthcare-faq.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
rochester.edu/data-science/graduate/ms-in-healthcare-data-science.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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