Guide
Master's in Data Science programs ranked by total cost. Includes online and in-person options across accredited US universities. Updated weekly from official tuition pages.
Last updated: April 17, 2026
Master's in Data Science programs span an order of magnitude in total cost - from under $15,000 for online programs at major public universities to north of $100,000 for elite in-person programs in high-cost-of-living cities. The right choice depends on whether you need the in-person network and visa eligibility, or whether you just need the credential and the skills. This guide ranks programs strictly by total verified tuition cost so you can see the full range.
GradsMatch tracks 100 MS Data Science programs with verified cost data. The cheapest in our database is currently $1,640.00 total, with a median of $31,050.00. 19 programs cost under $20,000 in total.
| # | Program | School | Modality | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Informatics120 cr | University of ZurichZurich, CH | in-person | $1,640.00 |
| 2 | Artificial Intelligence120 cr | University of ZurichZurich, CH | in-person | $2,880.00 |
| 3 | Data Science120 cr | University of ZurichZurich, CH | in-person | $2,880.00 |
| 4 | Statistics120 cr | EPFLLausanne, CH | in-person | $4,380.00 |
| 5 | MSc in Data Science120 cr | ETH ZurichZurich, CH | in-person | $4,380.00 |
| 6 | Master's in Mathematics of Machine Learning and Data Science120 cr | Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg, DE | in-person | $6,000.00 |
| 7 | Machine Learning (MSc)120 cr | University of TübingenTübingen, DE | in-person | $6,000.00 |
| 8 | Medical Informatics (MSc)120 cr | University of TübingenTübingen, DE | in-person | $6,000.00 |
| 9 | MSc in Statistics90 cr | ETH ZurichZurich, CH | in-person | $6,570.00 |
| 10 | Data Science120 cr | EPFLLausanne, CH | in-person | $8,760.00 |
| 11 | Data Science24 cr | Seoul National UniversitySeoul, KR | in-person | $9,372.00 |
| 12 | Artificial Intelligence60 cr | KU LeuvenLeuven, BE | in-person | $9,494.00 |
| 13 | Data Science30 cr | The University of Texas at AustinAustin, US | online | $10,000.00 |
| 14 | Quantitative Data Science Methods – Psychometrics, Econometrics and Machine Learning (QDS)120 cr | University of TübingenTübingen, DE | in-person | $12,000.00 |
| 15 | Data Analytics and Social Statistics (online) MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | online | $17,400.00 |
| 16 | Bio-informatics120 cr | KU LeuvenLeuven, BE | in-person | $18,987.84 |
| 17 | Statistics and Data Science120 cr | KU LeuvenLeuven, BE | in-person | $18,988.00 |
| 18 | Data Science Technologies MSc180 cr | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, GB | online | $19,100.00 |
| 19 | Data Science for Health and Social Care MSc180 cr | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, GB | online | $19,100.00 |
| 20 | Data and Decision Analytics MSc180 cr | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, GB | online | $20,400.00 |
| 21 | Data Science and Business Analytics60 cr | Universiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdam, NL | in-person | $21,800.00 |
| 22 | Marketing Analytics and Data Science60 cr | Rijksuniversiteit GroningenGroningen, NL | in-person | $22,200.00 |
| 23 | Applied Geospatial Analytics Masters Online30 cr | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette, US | online | $23,250.00 |
| 24 | Data Engineering and Analytics (MSc)120 cr | Technical University of MunichGarching, DE | in-person | $24,000.00 |
| 25 | Informatics (Computer Science) (MSc)120 cr | Technical University of MunichGarching, DE | in-person | $24,000.00 |
| 26 | Informatics: Games Engineering (MSc)120 cr | Technical University of MunichGarching, DE | in-person | $24,000.00 |
| 27 | Mathematics in Data Science120 cr | Technical University of MunichGarching, DE | in-person | $24,000.00 |
| 28 | Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics | University of CambridgeCambridge, GB | in-person | $24,789.00 |
| 29 | Business Analytics & Management60 cr | Erasmus Universiteit RotterdamRotterdam, NL | in-person | $25,800.00 |
| 30 | MSc Applied Statistics | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $26,200.00 |
| 31 | MSc Data and Decision Analytics | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $26,200.00 |
| 32 | MSc Digital Humanities (Data Science)90 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $26,200.00 |
| 33 | MSc Operational Research and Data Science180 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $26,200.00 |
| 34 | MSc Social Research Methods with Applied Statistics180 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $26,200.00 |
| 35 | MSc Statistics180 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $26,200.00 |
| 36 | MSc Statistics with Applications in Medicine90 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $26,200.00 |
| 37 | Master of Science in Applied Health Informatics and Digital Medicine90 cr | RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen, DE | hybrid | $26,600.00 |
| 38 | Global Finance Analytics MSc180 cr | King's College LondonLondon, GB | online | $27,378.00 |
| 39 | Urban Analytics [MSc]180 cr | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $27,720.00 |
| 40 | AI and Machine Learning Masters Online30 cr | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette, US | online | $28,000.00 |
| 41 | MSc Artificial Intelligence for Medicine and Health180 cr | University of BristolBristol, GB | hybrid | $29,000.00 |
| 42 | MSc Data Analytics and Decision Science (DDS)120 cr | RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen, DE | in-person | $30,000.00 |
| 43 | MSc Sustainability Management: Technology, Analytics & Transformation (SMA)90 cr | RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen, DE | in-person | $30,000.00 |
| 44 | Geographic Data Science MSc | University of London - London School of Economics & Political ScienceLondon, GB | in-person | $30,400.00 |
| 45 | Health Data Science MSc180 cr | University of London - London School of Economics & Political ScienceLondon, GB | in-person | $30,400.00 |
| 46 | MSc Statistics (Research)40 cr | University of London - London School of Economics & Political ScienceLondon, GB | in-person | $30,400.00 |
| 47 | Geographic Data Science MSc | London School of EconomicsLondon, GB | in-person | $30,400.00 |
| 48 | Health Data Science MSc180 cr | London School of EconomicsLondon, GB | in-person | $30,400.00 |
| 49 | MSc Statistics (Research)40 cr | London School of EconomicsLondon, GB | in-person | $30,400.00 |
| 50 | Data Science for Ecology & Epidemiology [MSc]180 cr | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $31,050.00 |
| 51 | Geospatial Data Science & AI [MSc]180 cr | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $31,050.00 |
| 52 | MSc Medical Statistics and Health Data Science180 cr | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $31,200.00 |
| 53 | Statistics Masters Online33 cr | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette, US | online | $31,350.00 |
| 54 | Data and Artificial Intelligence Ethics MSc180 cr | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, GB | in-person | $32,000.00 |
| 55 | High Performance Computing with Data Science (Online Learning) MSc180 cr | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, GB | online | $32,040.00 |
| 56 | Business Analytics Masters Online30 cr | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette, US | online | $32,064.00 |
| 57 | MSc Operations Research and Analytics40 cr | University of London - London School of Economics & Political ScienceLondon, GB | in-person | $32,500.00 |
| 58 | MSc Business Analytics and Finance180 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $32,500.00 |
| 59 | MSc Business Analytics and Management Science91 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $32,500.00 |
| 60 | MSc Management and Artificial Intelligence180 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $32,500.00 |
| 61 | MSc Marketing Analytics | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $32,500.00 |
| 62 | MSc Operations Research and Analytics40 cr | London School of EconomicsLondon, GB | in-person | $32,500.00 |
| 63 | MSc Geographic Data Science and Spatial Analytics180 cr | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $32,600.00 |
| 64 | Social Research Methods and Statistics MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $32,600.00 |
| 65 | Social Research Methods and Statistics with Computational Social Science MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $32,600.00 |
| 66 | Social Research Methods and Statistics with Demography MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $32,600.00 |
| 67 | Operational Research with Data Science MSc180 cr | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, GB | in-person | $33,200.00 |
| 68 | Statistics | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $33,210.00 |
| 69 | Advanced Statistics [MSc]180 cr | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $33,210.00 |
| 70 | Data Analytics for Economics & Finance [MSc]180 cr | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $33,210.00 |
| 71 | MSc Water and Environmental Data Science | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $33,400.00 |
| 72 | Economics and Data Science MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $33,600.00 |
| 73 | MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Analytics | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $33,800.00 |
| 74 | Statistics MSc180 cr | King's College LondonLondon, GB | in-person | $33,850.00 |
| 75 | MSc Business Analytics180 cr | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $33,900.00 |
| 76 | MSc Data Science for Business180 cr | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $33,900.00 |
| 77 | MSc Artificial Intelligence | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $34,000.00 |
| 78 | MSc Artificial Intelligence for Business180 cr | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $34,000.00 |
| 79 | MSc Engineering with Artificial Intelligence | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $34,000.00 |
| 80 | MSc Economics with Data Science | University of BristolBristol, GB | in-person | $34,200.00 |
| 81 | Business Analytics [MSc] | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $34,470.00 |
| 82 | Data Analytics [MSc]180 cr | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | online | $34,470.00 |
| 83 | Data Science [MSc]180 cr | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $34,470.00 |
| 84 | Statistics [MSc]180 cr | University of GlasgowGlasgow, GB | in-person | $34,470.00 |
| 85 | Experimental Psychology with Data Science MRes180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $34,700.00 |
| 86 | Business Analytics MSc180 cr | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, GB | in-person | $34,800.00 |
| 87 | MSc Artificial Intelligence90 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $35,000.00 |
| 88 | MSc Data Science180 cr | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $35,000.00 |
| 89 | MSc Machine Learning | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, GB | in-person | $35,000.00 |
| 90 | Data Science (Business and Management) MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $35,200.00 |
| 91 | Artificial Intelligence Enabled Healthcare MRes180 cr | UCLLondon, GB | in-person | $35,400.00 |
| 92 | Knowledge, Information and Data Science MSc180 cr | UCLLondon, GB | in-person | $35,400.00 |
| 93 | People Analytics and Human-Centric Management MSc180 cr | UCLLondon, GB | in-person | $35,400.00 |
| 94 | Social Research Methods with Data Science MSc180 cr | UCLLondon, GB | in-person | $35,400.00 |
| 95 | Social and Geographic Data Science MSc180 cr | UCLLondon, GB | in-person | $35,400.00 |
| 96 | Sociology and Data Science MSc180 cr | UCLLondon, GB | in-person | $35,400.00 |
| 97 | Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $35,700.00 |
| 98 | Health Data Science MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $35,700.00 |
| 99 | Statistics | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $36,300.00 |
| 100 | Statistics MSc180 cr | University of ManchesterManchester, GB | in-person | $36,300.00 |