Master of Applied Science in Data Science (STEM) Illinois Institute of Technology - Mies Campus, USA

Become a master of data science with your applied data science master’s degree.

Every company, nonprofit, startup, government agency, branch of the military, research laboratory, financial institution, and manufacturing facility acquires technological data. As our capacity to collect and store data increases, so does the demand for data scientists.

Data science involves finding ways to optimize the storage, retrieval, transmission, and analysis of data. It’s about making sense of the data and letting it guide us to solutions and improvements.

Combine high-level mathematics, statistics, and computer science skills with the ability to communicate results with Illinois Institute of Technology’s professional data science master’s degree program . Learn to make a complicated and dynamic world understandable through our professional data scientist program, .

Illinois Tech’s rigorous data science graduate program curriculum will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and experience to expand your career opportunities. Whether in Chicago, with its diverse economy and thriving tech community, or across the globe, our data science alumni enjoy success in the technological data science profession.

You can complete our data science master’s program in just two years online, through a hybrid program, or on our high-tech campus, in close proximity to Chicago’s thriving tech industry. Our affordable, data science master’s program is within your reach and your budget.

Program Overview

Illinois Tech’s data science master’s program offers you a number of advantages, including:

• Gain professional expertise through Illinois Tech’s Elevate program. This one-of-a-kind program guarantees hands-on experiences—including research projects, internships, study away, competitions, short courses, and more—as well as personalized academic and career mentorship, all in pursuit of ensuring that our students graduate with career readiness.
• Customize your data science master’s degree program to meet your needs. Complete your degree full-time or part-time, online or on campus, or choose a hybrid format.
• Live and learn in the heart of Chicago’s tech industry. Home to a growing technology industry, a thriving hacking community, and a hive of startup activity, Chicago offers endless food, events, culture, and adventures.
• Earn a high-value, affordable professional master’s degree in data science. We’re rated as an educational best value by The Princeton Review, Forbes, Time, and Money magazine, and ranked third in the nation for upward mobility among highly selective private colleges by Opportunity Insights.
• Learn from leading experts and accomplished researchers. Our faculty act as mentors and encourage students to join them in pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, big data, cloud computing, manufacturing, and more.