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The University of Pennsylvania offers data science degrees through Penn Engineering (an on-campus MSE in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence and an online MSE in Data Science) and through the Wharton Department of Statistics and Data Science (a PhD and a bridge MA in Statistics and Data Science, and an undergraduate Statistics and Data Science concentration).

Data science programs at University of Pennsylvania

4 eligible programs verified (3 master's, 1 phd); formats: fully online. Each program is listed separately — tuition, admissions and format belong to the program, not to the whole university.

Master's Degrees in Data Science

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Master of Science in Engineering in Data Science

Master of Science in Engineering in Data Science (MSE-DS) Online

Master'sMSE Fully online
Location: Philadelphia, PAUniversity location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Fully onlineAll coursework is online and the university states no required in-person attendance for this program.Fully online per the university; no in-person requirement found · Full-time or part-time
Duration: Length not published · 10 credits
Tuition: $3,859 per credit · Online students — Penn Engineering Online tuition per course unit · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $38,590 (10 credits × $3,859 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: October 26, 2026 · Spring 2027
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Master of Science in Engineering in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, MSE

Master'sMSEJoint degree
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Delivery: Format not verifiedFormat not verified · Study intensity not published
Duration: Length not published · 10 credits
Tuition: $8,825 per credit · All students — SEAS on-campus master's degrees, tuition per course unit · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $88,250 (10 credits × $8,825 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: November 1, 2026 · Fall 2027
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PhD Programs in Data Science

Accreditation

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1921 · next review 01/01/2032

    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…).
  • Data Science, MSE (on campus) (Master of Science in Engineering in Data Science)Still in the 2026-27 catalog, but Penn Engineering's master's admissions page lists only Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, MSE (campus) and Data Science, MSE Online for Fall 2027; recorded under those programs instead.Source: catalog.upenn.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Dual AM Degree in Statistics and Data SciencesOffered only to students enrolled in a Penn PhD program; cannot be earned on its own.Source: catalog.upenn.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Data Science, MinorMinor, not a degree.Source: catalog.upenn.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Data Analytics and Social Sciences, BAASData analytics degree without data science in the title.Source: catalog.upenn.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
University of Pennsylvania
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
34th & Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303
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. catalog.upenn.edu/graduate/programs/data-science-artificial-intelligence-mse/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  2. catalog.upenn.edu/graduate/programs/data-science-mse/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  3. catalog.upenn.edu/graduate/programs/statistics-data-science-ma/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  4. catalog.upenn.edu/search/?P=statistics+and+data+science — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  5. dats.seas.upenn.edu/program/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  6. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  7. online.engineering.upenn.edu/degrees/mse-ds-online/mse-ds-academics/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  8. online.engineering.upenn.edu/degrees/mse-ds-online/mse-ds-admissions/ — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026
  9. DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  10. statistics.wharton.upenn.edu/programs/undergraduate/statistics-concentration/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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