Overview

The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering offers the Master of Science in Data Analytics Engineering in order to meet the current and projected demand for a workforce trained in analytics. While the core courses for this program are offered by the College of Engineering, elective courses can be chosen from diverse disciplines spread across various colleges at Northeastern.

The program from Northeastern University is designed to enable graduating students to address the growing need for professionals who are trained in advanced data analytics and can transform large streams of data into understandable and actionable information for the purpose of making decisions. The key sectors that require analytics professionals include healthcare, smart manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, national security, defense, banking, finance, marketing, and human resources.

This degree program seeks to prepare students for a comprehensive list of tasks including collecting, storing, processing and analyzing data, reporting statistics and patterns, drawing conclusions and insights, and making actionable recommendations.

Key Facts

The MS in Data Analytics Engineering is designed to help students acquire knowledge and skills to:

Discover opportunities to improve systems, processes, and enterprises through data analytics
Apply optimization, statistical, and machine-learning methods to solve complex problems involving large data from multiple sources
Collect and store data from a variety of sources, including Internet of Things (IoT), an integrated network of devices and sensors, customer touch points, processes, social media, and people
Work with technology teams to design and build large and complex SQL databases

Use tools and methods for data mining, big-data algorithms, and data visualization to generate reports for analysis and decision-making

Create integrated views of data collected from multiple sources of an enterprise

Understand and explain results of data analytics to decision makers

Design and develop analytics projects

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Special Topics in Industrial Engineering

Computation and Visualization for Analytics

Data Management for Analytics

Data Management and Database Design

Data Mining in Engineering

Statistical Methods in Engineering

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-08-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2026-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

32 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Seattle, United States
Boston, United States
Vancouver, Canada

Disciplines

General Engineering & Technology Data Science & Big Data View 472 other Masters in Data Science & Big Data in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed online application form
Application fee
Two letters of recommendation
Transcripts from all institutions attended
The Foreign Credential Evaluation (FCE) is a required assessment of all transcripts and documents from non-U.S. accredited post-secondary education institutions. (Review the FCE requirements by country.)
GRE is not required for terms starting during the 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 academic years
Statement of purpose
Resumé
TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo for international applicants

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Tuition Fee

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International

29824 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 59648 USD for the full programme during 24 months.
National

29824 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 59648 USD for the full programme during 24 months.
In-State

29824 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 59648 USD for the full programme during 24 months.

Living costs for Seattle

1480 - 2580 USD /month

Living costs

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