{"id":12391,"date":"2025-11-20T12:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/?page_id=12391"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:44:08","slug":"master-of-science-in-data-science-faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/academics\/master-of-science-in-data-science\/master-of-science-in-data-science-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Science in Data Science &#8211; FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"panel s-wrapper site-panel site-panel--faqs top-padding--add_padding bottom-padding--add_padding\"\n\t\t\t\t data-index=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t data-js=\"panel\"\n\t\t\t\t data-type=\"faqs\"\n\t\t\t     \n\t\t\t\t data-modular-content>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"l-content--outer\">\n    <div class=\"l-content--inner\">\n        \n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"s-header\">\n\n                \n\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2\n\t\tclass=\"site-panel__title s-title s-title h2\"\n\t\t>\n\n\tFrequently Asked Questions\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n            <div class=\"faq\">\n                <div class=\"faq__content l-weighted-right\">\n                    <div class=\"faq__sidebar\">\n\n                        <form class=\"faq__search\" role=\"search\" aria-label=\"Filter List Form\">\n                            <label for=\"\" class=\"u-visual-hide\">Search<\/label>\n                            <input class=\"faq__search-input\" type=\"text\" name=\"src\" placeholder=\"Search this content\"\n                                   aria-label=\"Search Frequently Asked Questions\" id=\"\">\n                            <button class=\"faq__search-submit\" type=\"submit\" name=\"faq__search-submit\"\n                                    aria-label=\"filter list submit button\">\n                                <i class=\"icon icon-search-thick\"><\/i>\n                            <\/button>\n                      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                                   <li>\n                                            <a href=\"#\"\n                                               data-section-location=\"What is the length of the program?\">What is the length of the program?<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n                                                                            <li>\n                                            <a href=\"#\"\n                                               data-section-location=\"What is the cost of the program?\">What is the cost of the program?<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n                                                                            <li>\n                                            <a href=\"#\"\n                                               data-section-location=\"What funding opportunities are available?\">What funding opportunities are available?<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n                                                                            <li>\n                                            <a href=\"#\"\n                                               data-section-location=\"Can the MS in Data Science program be completed online?\">Can the MS in Data Science program be completed online?<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n                                                                    <\/ul>\n                            <\/nav>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"faq__listing\">\n                                                    <div class=\"faq__section\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"faq__section-title\" data-section-start=\"What is the length of the program?\"\n                                         id=\"What is the length of the program?\">\n                                        <h3>What is the length of the program?<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                <div class=\"faq__question-contain\">\n                                    <div class=\"list\">\n                                                                                    <div class=\"faq__question\">\n                                                                                                <div class=\"faq__question__answer t-content\">\n                                                    <p>Time to completion varies because MS students determine the credit load they will carry each semester. A full-time student can typically manage as many as 12 credits\/semester and finish in three semesters. Students enrolled in 9 credits are considered full-time.<\/p>\n<p>Part-time students and students holding jobs while pursuing the master\u2019s program can typically juggle about six credits\/semester. Students who average six credits per semester and register for Spring, Summer and Fall Semesters should be able to complete the MS degree in about two years. Students who register in Spring and Fall Semesters only are more likely to complete their degree in three years.<\/p>\n\n                                                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"faq__section\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"faq__section-title\" data-section-start=\"What is the cost of the program?\"\n                                         id=\"What is the cost of the program?\">\n                                        <h3>What is the cost of the program?<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                <div class=\"faq__question-contain\">\n                                    <div class=\"list\">\n                                                                                    <div class=\"faq__question\">\n                                                                                                <div class=\"faq__question__answer t-content\">\n                                                    <p>Current Boise State graduate tuition and fees are provided on the Student Financial Services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sfs\/boise-state-university-fees\/graduate-tuition-fees\/\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n                                                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"faq__section\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"faq__section-title\" data-section-start=\"What funding opportunities are available?\"\n                                         id=\"What funding opportunities are available?\">\n                                        <h3>What funding opportunities are available?<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                <div class=\"faq__question-contain\">\n                                    <div class=\"list\">\n                                                                                    <div class=\"faq__question\">\n                                                                                                <div class=\"faq__question__answer t-content\">\n                                                    <p>The MS in Data Science program does not offer any graduate assistantships *(Graduate Catalog will be amended). Individual faculty may be able to offer funding, but that is something the student must pursue directly with faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Students can also independently pursue financial aid, scholarships, student loans, grants, work study and funding opportunities that may be available through other programs on campus.<\/p>\n\n                                                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"faq__section\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"faq__section-title\" data-section-start=\"Can the MS in Data Science program be completed online?\"\n                                         id=\"Can the MS in Data Science program be completed online?\">\n                                        <h3>Can the MS in Data Science program be completed online?<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                <div class=\"faq__question-contain\">\n                                    <div class=\"list\">\n                                                                                    <div class=\"faq__question\">\n                                                                                                <div class=\"faq__question__answer t-content\">\n                                                    <p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although some classes may be offered in a hybrid or online format, please note that our program is &#8220;in-person&#8221; and is <em>not an online program<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please reach out to us with further questions at msdatascience@boisestate.edu.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n                                                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        \n\t\n\t    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3403,"featured_media":0,"parent":11099,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12396,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12391\/revisions\/12396"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}