University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · on Coursera
A fully online Illinois MCS with courses in machine learning, data mining, cloud computing and AI, taught by the same faculty as the on-campus program. Appeals to software engineers who want a top-5 CS school's degree with pay-as-you-go flexibility.
Students and professionals committing 1–3 years. This is an advanced program in Degrees & Graduate Programs, running about 8 courses, 12-36 months.
$19,840-$25,376 total. Coursera page lists $19,840-$25,376 USD total cost for 8 courses; an optional Data Science track is available. Seen 2026-11-01.
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