Master of Science in Data Analytics
A STEM-designated executive master's built for international students who want to work while they study. Earn your degree in California in 12-16 months and start paid U.S. employment in your very first term.
Study, work, and get paid without pausing your career.
33 credits · Los Angeles & San Diego · Six start dates a year
A STEM master's designed around your visa and your job
The Executive Master of Science in Data Analytics is delivered by an accredited California institution and built for international professionals who cannot afford to stop working for two years. It is 33 credits, takes 12-16 months, and runs in a hybrid format: coursework online, on campus only twice per 8-week term in Los Angeles or San Diego.
Because the degree is STEM-designated and Day 1 CPT eligible, you can begin paid U.S. employment in your very first term and continue working on STEM OPT for up to three years after you graduate. Tuition is paid in small, interest-free installments, and a $5,500 grant is available.
Our advisors handle the part most students find hardest; documents, deadlines, the I-20, and keeping your F-1 status clean while you work.
Talk to an advisor
Tell us where you are in your journey, and we'll walk you through all of your options.
No obligation. We never share your information, and you can opt out at any time.
A data degree that pays for itself while you earn it
Most master's programs ask you to stop working. This one is built on the opposite idea: you gain U.S. experience and income from your first term, and graduate with both a STEM credential and a resume American employers recognize.
Day 1 CPT - start earning in term one
Because the program is CPT-eligible from your first term, you can take paid, off-campus work with U.S. employers immediately, no waiting out a full academic year. Real projects, real paychecks, and experience that counts toward your degree.
Three more years after graduation
STEM designation extends OPT to up to 36 months of post-graduation work authorization.
Two campus days per term
Coursework is online. You attend on campus in Week 1 and Week 8 of each 8-week term, in Los Angeles or San Diego - whichever fits your job.
Maintain your F-1 status
Full-time enrollment keeps your visa status active while you work, and our advisors walk through the paperwork with you at every step.
Six start dates a year
Terms begin in January, March, May, July, September, and November, so you enroll when your status and your employer allow, not when a traditional academic calendar says you can.
Everything students ask about, in one place
The details that decide whether a program actually fits your status, your budget, and your schedule; without digging through a course catalog.
Built around a full-time job, not against it
Each term runs eight weeks. You are on campus at the beginning and the end - the rest is online, on your schedule.
On campus
Open the term in person with faculty and your cohort in Los Angeles or San Diego.
Online & working
Complete coursework online around your job. This is where CPT employment and your classes reinforce each other - the analytics you study is the analytics you apply at work.
On campus
Close the term in person with presentations, assessments, and cohort sessions.
Two concentrations, one STEM degree
You build the same analytics core, statistics, data management, visualization, and predictive modeling, then specialize in the direction your career is heading.
Healthcare Analytics
Turn clinical, patient, and operational data into decisions. Ideal if you are targeting hospitals, insurers, health systems, or public health agencies - among the fastest-growing employers of analytics talent in the U.S.
Informatics
Focus on enterprise data systems, governance, and the workflows that move information across an organization. Built for students heading into technology, consulting, logistics, or corporate data teams.
Roles our graduates move into
Data analytics is one of the few fields where a STEM master's and real U.S. work experience can be earned at the same time. Employers hire for both.
Technology & consulting
Product analytics, experimentation, and BI teams that need people who can query, model, and explain results to non-technical stakeholders.
Healthcare & life sciences
Hospitals, payers, and health systems hiring analysts to improve outcomes, forecast demand, and control cost.
Finance & government
Risk, fraud, forecasting, and policy analytics roles where quantitative modeling is the core of the job.
Priced so you can pay it while you work
The cost of a U.S. master's is the reason most international students hesitate. This one is structured so you are never asked for a large lump sum, and so the income you earn on CPT can cover the payments as you go.
- A $5,500 grant is available and applied directly to your tuition.
- Interest-free installments - no financing charges, ever.
- Paid roughly every 2 weeks across two years, so payments line up with a normal paycheck cycle.
- One down payment, then the remaining balance is split automatically for you.
Ask an advisor whether you qualify and we'll show you exactly what your biweekly payment looks like once the grant is applied.
Get My Cost BreakdownFive steps from first question to first day of class
You won't do any of it alone, an EduConnect advisor stays with you from the first conversation through your first term.
Free consultation
We review your status, background, and goals to confirm the program fits.
Prepare documents
Transcripts, passport, visa records, and financials; we tell you exactly what is needed.
Submit application
We review everything before it is filed so nothing comes back for a missing item.
Admission & I-20
Receive your acceptance, complete enrollment, and get your I-20 issued.
Start & work
Begin classes and, with CPT authorization, begin paid employment in your first term.
Frequently asked questions
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Let's find out if you qualify
One short conversation tells you your start date, your total cost after the grant, and exactly what your CPT timeline looks like. No pressure, no obligation.