Georgia Tech Offers Online Master of Science in Analytics Degree for Under $10K
As someone who completed a (on-campus) CS masters at GT, I really wish I didn&#x27;t. The classes were of very poor quality - it was clear that they were a low priority for most faculty. Andrew Ng&#x27;s Coursera class on Machine Learning was the pedagogical highlight of my time at GT, and I did it on my own initiative (and it&#x27;s free).<p>I know people have many reasons to get a Masters. If your goal is to take some higher-level classes, you can do better than GT. If you are self-motivated enough to do an online degree, you can do it for free. Aside from free offerings from sites like Coursera, you can find whole courses up from many institutions - with syllabi, lecture slides, homework assignments, etc.<p>If you&#x27;re planning to do it for the salary, in my experience the degree ended up being worth a $95K to $115K bump in starting salary. Compare this with the 2 years of industry salary that I would have received, and the 2 years of experience (and raises that come with that). I know I wasn&#x27;t paid better than the folks who had been with the company for 2 years more than me.<p>If you&#x27;re thinking about it for the sake of your resume, I do hiring screening &#x2F; interviews now (for Data Science and Software Engineering positions) - and I really don&#x27;t care if the applicant has an MS or not (or what classes they may have taken). Most folks I know that do hiring think similarly. My main signal from your resume is projects you&#x27;ve been on and how you contributed.<p>From my point of view, this program is a losing proposition for any potential student.