Master of Science in Computer Science

UT Arlington's MS in Computer Science is a 30-credit-hour degree offered by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering, available on campus and online. A thesis plan is offered for students who want a more research-oriented degree, alongside non-thesis coursework routes. Students take core computer science classes and then select track electives. Full structural detail, including the 36-hour route and the eight track options, is set out in the University Catalog rather than on the programme page. What the fee covers: the graduate non-resident (international) rate — tuition and mandatory fees combined — for a nine-month academic year (fall 2026 plus spring 2027), taken from UTA's official cost-of-attendance budget. The $23,486 figure is the one UTA prints for graduate non-residents in 2026-27. Fee year: 2026-27. Before you budget: $23,486 is UTA's university-wide cost-of-attendance planning average for a graduate non-resident, not the bill for this specific degree — UTA's own page labels it 'to be used for planning purposes only'. Engineering and business programmes carry differential tuition, so the actual charge differs. Get a programme-specific quote from UTA's Tuition Estimator at https://webapp.uta.edu/tuition-estimator/. The figure does bundle tuition and mandatory fees, but it excludes living costs, health insurance and books; UTA puts the full graduate non-resident cost of attendance at $44,720 for 2026-27. UTA also advertises a Competitive Scholarship Non-Resident Tuition Waiver, but its terms are not confirmed here, so do not build a budget on it. Before you rely on the deadlines: the dates shown are printed on this degree's own uta.edu page, but they sit inside UTA's standard deadline block, which says 'Most Master's applications have the following deadlines. Check the department website for any deadlines that may be specific to the degree you want to pursue.' They are university-standard dates reproduced on a degree page rather than dates the department itself sets, so confirm them with the department before you plan around them. The entry and English requirements come from the degree's catalog entry at https://catalog.uta.edu/engineering/computer/graduate/computer-science-thesis-ms/.