MS Applied Data Science and Decision Analytics at Brandeis University

Programme overview

Brandeis Online’s Master of Science (MS) in Applied Data Science and Decision Analytics equips working professionals to build, govern, and deploy AI-powered analytics systems that organizations can trust, on a flexible, fully online schedule designed around your career, not the other way around. Delivered 100% online, part-time through the Rabb School of Continuing Studies; 30 credits.

Faculty: Rabb School of Continuing Studies | Department: Brandeis Online | Duration: 30 credits; Finish in 1-2 years | Study mode: online | Location: Waltham, MA, United States

What you will study

Courses include RADS 100 Foundations of Applied Data Science and Decision Analytics; RADS 105 Statistical Modeling and Causal Inference; RADS 110 Machine Learning Engineering and MLOps; RADS 115 Data Engineering and Cloud Pipelines; RADS 120 Experimental Design and Program Evaluation; RADS 125 Responsible and Sustainable AI, Ethics, and Governance.

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Application information

Entry requirements

GRE not required.

USD 36,600 for the whole programme (2025-2026). Total tuition for a 30-credit online programme at $1,220 per credit; excludes course materials fees, deposit and books. Source

Master's admission for spring 2027 or fall 2027; Spring 2027 entry is offered for the MBA, Business Analytics, Finance, Global Sustainability Policy and Management, Public Policy, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Molecular and Cell Biology, Mathematics Postbaccalaureate and Studio Art Postbaccalaureate.

Spring admission: priority deadline October 15, final deadline November 15 (Studio Art Postbaccalaureate December 1). Fall admission: School of Business and Economics priority deadline November 1; Heller programmes priority deadline December 15; Rounds January 15, March 1 and April 15. Online application fee $75 unless waived.

Apply through the official page: https://apply.gps.brandeis.edu/apply/

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