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Carnegie Mellon University

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Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Statistics and Data Science in the Dietrich College offers a B.S. in Statistics and Data Science and a two-semester Master of Science in Applied Data Science (MADS). The School of Computer Science's Language Technologies Institute offers the Master of Computational Data Science (MCDS) with Systems, Analytics and Human-Centered Data Science concentrations.

Data science programs at Carnegie Mellon University

3 eligible programs verified (1 bachelor's, 2 master's); formats: on campus. Each program is listed separately — tuition, admissions and format belong to the program, not to the whole university.

Bachelor's Degrees in Data Science

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Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Data Science

B.S. in Statistics and Data Science

Bachelor'sBSJoint degree
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
Duration: Length not published
Tuition: $69,702 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition, first-years entering Fall 2026 · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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Master's Degrees in Data Science

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Carnegie Mellon University

Master of Computational Data Science

Master of Computational Data Science (MCDS)

Master'sMCDS
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Study intensity not published
Duration: 16 months (Standard Timing) or 20 months (Extended Timing)
Tuition: $62,200 per academic year · All students — SCS Master's Program · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 18, 2026 · Fall 2027
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Carnegie Mellon University

Master of Science in Applied Data Science

Master of Science in Applied Data Science (MADS)

Master'sMS
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.On-campus classes · Full-time
Duration: 9-month, two-semester
Tuition: $53,000 per academic year · All students — Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences (DC) graduate tuition · 2026-2027
Next deadline: January 15, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Accreditation

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1921 · next review 11/30/2026

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Institutional accreditation (recorded in the U.S. Department of Education's DAPIP database) covers the whole institution. It is not a ranking and does not describe any one program.

Departments and schools

Academic units that administer the listed programs.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists data science bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, minors, analytics or AI degrees without data science in the title…).
  • B.S. in Statistics and Machine LearningMachine learning degree without data science in the title.Source: coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Minor in Statistics and Data ScienceMinor, not a degree.Source: coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Online Graduate Certificate in Applied Data ScienceCertificate, not a degree.Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Ph.D. in Statistics (and joint Ph.D. programs)Statistics doctorate without data science in the degree title.Source: cmu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
Carnegie Mellon University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Degrees awarded in Data Science (IPEDS CIP 30.70, first major)
17 master's (2023-24)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 11, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu/schools-colleges/dietrichcollegeofhumanitiesandsocialsciences/departmentof — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  2. lti.cmu.edu/academics/masters-programs/mcds.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  3. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. IPEDS 2023-24 Completions (C2024_A), CIP 30.70 Data Science — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  6. cmu.edu/dietrich/statistics-datascience/academics/index.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. cmu.edu/dietrich/statistics-datascience/academics/mads/index.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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