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Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online

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Re: Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online

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Post by bicknergseng »

washedup wrote: post #9
codegeek wrote: post #7

I have/had my eye on this one. I spoke to the admission counselor for this program. Apparently, they assign each student one counselor if you join this program. Here are some details: - 100% online [0] (you do have to visit the campus for a week during the course) - Total price tag: $60,000 (Yes, pretty steep) - You can finish in 1-2 years depending on how much you can do - You must take the GRE or GMAT. No exception…

Yea, I came to the same conclusions. $60K seems like a lot for any online degree. Obviously there are still people working behind the scenes, but to me a majority of the cost is covering the Berkeley brand. While that is very attractive, I wouldn't pay more than $20,000 for this program. The knowledge itself is very valuable, but attaining it should not be so costly when there are amazing free resources all over the…

Knowledge: $0. Accreditation: $60k.

Re: Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online

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Post by gcb0 »

Someone1234 wrote: post #2

> Now you can earn a degree in data science from anywhere in the world. Yet they ask for a US college GPA to even get to the form? Little confused. Is that information used to determine your eligibility and why is there no "no clue" option? A GPA is a very US-centric thing.

the never said "to individuals from any country"... it is still to "US citizens... anywhere in the world".

Because even if you are the US but did not graduated there, you still can't apply.

Re: Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online

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Post by psychometry »

codegeek wrote: post #7

I have/had my eye on this one. I spoke to the admission counselor for this program. Apparently, they assign each student one counselor if you join this program. Here are some details: - 100% online [0] (you do have to visit the campus for a week during the course) - Total price tag: $60,000 (Yes, pretty steep) - You can finish in 1-2 years depending on how much you can do - You must take the GRE or GMAT. No exception…

The GRE really isn't a big deal. I'm guessing they only care about your quant score and that section is literally high school math.

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Post by [deleted] »

codegeek wrote: post #7

I have/had my eye on this one. I spoke to the admission counselor for this program. Apparently, they assign each student one counselor if you join this program. Here are some details: - 100% online [0] (you do have to visit the campus for a week during the course) - Total price tag: $60,000 (Yes, pretty steep) - You can finish in 1-2 years depending on how much you can do - You must take the GRE or GMAT. No exception…

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Re: Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online

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Post by dhawalhs »

As other people have pointed out that even though its an online degree it has the same price as an offline one. Though it doesn't have the same credential as Berkeley (or maybe the rigorousness), Coursera's Data Science specialization [1] from John Hopkins costs $500. Recently they announced that they have partnered with SwiftKey [2] for the final capstone project.

[1] https://www.coursera.org/specialization/jhudatascience/1

[2] https://www.class-central.com/report/data-science-specializa...

Re: Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online

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Post by yatoomy »

bequanna wrote: post #29
ajones wrote: post #10

I spoke with Berkeley when deciding where I was going to apply and got the sense that they plan on leaning on their more established programs to provide instruction. While this may sound great, you won't get the specific data science instruction that these curriculums require. After an awful experience with Northwestern's online analytics program, I don't want to touch any of these programs.

As someone who is interested in Northwestern's Predictive Analytics program, I would be interested in hearing your specific issues with that program.

ye same

Re: Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online

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Post by elyrly »

eranation wrote: post #25

I'm taking the GTOMSCS from Georgia Tech, for less than $7,000. I asked Berkeley if they have any plans to change their steep price tag ($50-60K), and they said no, because I'll be allowed to go on campus and get all benefits of an on campus student. I told them I don't plan to do so, and that I think I'm paying a high premium for a "feature" that I don't use. They didn't reply. in G.Tech you CAN'T go on campus, alth…

Benefit include: Paying for RSF, UCB-ID library access, on-campus internet.
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