Master of Science in Computer Science

Wichita State's MS in Computer Science, offered by the School of Computing, has three completion pathways — thesis, project, or coursework — and every student must complete an applied learning or research experience to graduate. Up to 6 credit hours may come from non-computer-science and non-ECE electives such as optimization, neural networks, robotics or statistics, and at most 6 credit hours may be below the 700 level. Admission is for holders of a four-year bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or an information-technology-related area; applicants from other STEM fields with at least one year of university-level engineering mathematics may be admitted but can be required to take up to 15 credit hours of undergraduate deficiency courses. The GRE is not required. What the fee covers: the graduate non-resident (international) rate of $903.59 per credit hour, effective Fall 2026, over 18 credit hours in an academic year. Tuition only — mandatory fees are not included. The rate and its 'Effective 2026 Fall Term' date are on WSU's fee schedule (the resident rate on the same table is $367.92, which is how you can tell this is the non-resident column), and the 18-credit-hour year is the load Wichita State's own international cost page uses. Fee year: 2026-27 (the fee schedule is dated 'Effective 2026 Fall Term'). Before you budget: both inputs behind this figure are published by the university — the per-credit rate is explicitly dated, and the 18-credit-hour year is the load Wichita State's own international office uses — but it is tuition only. Wichita State's international graduate cost page (https://www.wichita.edu/admissions/graduate/tuition-international.php) puts tuition and fees at $20,100 for the same nine-month, 18-credit-hour year, and $26,500 for a 12-month, 24-credit-hour year, so add roughly $3,835 of mandatory fees to the figure shown. That international page does not state which academic year it covers, which is why the dated fee schedule is used for the headline number here. Additional per-credit programme fees apply in some colleges. Total credit hours for this degree are not stated on the programme page (WSU's MS Computing and MS Data Science are each 30 hours). Where the intake comes from: the Graduate School's per-programme admission-terms table (https://www.wichita.edu/admissions/graduate/deadlines.php) names this degree and gives it 'All terms', so this is degree-level evidence rather than a university-wide statement. The same page adds: 'Due to the lack of entry-level coursework offered during the summer semesters, the Graduate School may automatically defer summer applicants to the next fall semester.' In practice, international entry is Fall and Spring.