Cost of Attendance and Financial Information
The program has enrolled 65 students in the first three years and all students have received some form of financial assistance.
Graduate Assistantships
All students receive a $1500 stipend in their first semester to work 5 hours a week on a Data Science related project under faculty supervision. Students are eligible to receive up to $3000 in stipends in their second and third semesters as long as they were making satisfactory progress towards their degree. Many students choose not to increase their stipends because they have obtained an internship in the field that would be occurring in those semesters.
Out-of-State Tuition Remissions
In 2021-2022 academic year the program had $124,461 (9 @ $13,829 a year or $6,914.5 a semester) for graduate out of state tuition remissions. We expect a similar amount for the 2022-2023 academic year. Since we don't always have enough to cover all out of state tuition for every student, these are frequently offered in 1/4,1/2 or 3/4 proportions. This money is used to recruit highly qualified out-of-state students (including international students) who would otherwise not attend UNCW. satisfactory progress towards a degree must be made to retain these awards from semester to semester.This money can be used to pay some or all of a student's out-of-state tuition but does not cover fees and is not available for summer tuition.
In-State Tuition Scholarships
In 2020-2021 academic year the program had $37,760 to cover part of a student's in-state tuition. We expect a similar amount for the 2021-2022 academic year. This money is used to recruit highly qualified students who would other wise not attend UNCW. This does not cover fees and is not available for summer tuition.
Approx Cost of Attendance 2021 rates
(Rates will likely increase slightly for the last semester)
Important: Out of State Tuition Waivers cover this difference between In State Tuition and Out of State Tuition and do not cover Summer Out of StateTuition
Semesters | In State | Out of State | |
UNCW Base Graduate Tuition and Fees |
3 | $3,757 | $10,672 |
Differential Fees | 3 | $750 | $750 |
Differential Tuition | 3 | $500 | $500 |
Summer Tuition | 1 | $259 | $937 |
Total Tuition & Fees | $15,280 |
$36,703 |
Approx Cost of Attendance Comparison 2018 rates
School | Degree |
In-State Tuition and Fees |
Out of State Tuition and Fees | Length of program in months |
UNCW | MS Data Science | $15,018 | $36,249 | 16 |
UNC Charlotte | Masters of Data Science and Business Analytics | $20,600 | $39,100 | 15-24 |
University of Virginia | MS Data Science | $28,421 | $42,563 | 11 |
NC State | MS Analytics | $26,500 | $46,500 | 10 |
University of Georgia |
MS in Business Analytics | $19,378 | $35,362 | 12 |
VC | Masters of Decision Analytics | $43,000 | $43,000 | 24 |
Wake Forest | MS in Business Analytics | $50,082 | $50,082 | 10 |
Duke University | Masters of Quantitative Management | $65,975 | $65,975 | 10 |
Cost of Living
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M.S. Data Science
Program Director
Dr. Mark Lammers
910.962.3958
lammersm@uncw.edu