University of Michigan-Dearborn Online Artificial Intelligence, MS

This is a 30-credit AI master's for working STEM graduates, with evening classes and no GRE. You can take it online, on campus or a mix of both. The open question is price, because the figures we have are general graduate rates, not an online-specific rate. Michigan-Dearborn's reported graduation rate is 58 percent, a school-wide figure.

The University of Michigan-Dearborn is a public university in Dearborn, Michigan. Its Artificial Intelligence, MS is a 30-credit program that the school describes as a comprehensive study of the field. It sits in the College of Engineering and Computer Science for tuition purposes.

The delivery is flexible. The program may be completed entirely on campus, entirely online, or through a combination of on-campus and online courses. That's useful if you live near Dearborn and want the option to sit in a classroom some terms and log in from home in others.

The school schedules all courses during late afternoons and evenings, so the whole program is built around people who work during the day.

Michigan-Dearborn lists four concentrations: Computer Vision, Intelligent Interaction, Knowledge Management and Reasoning, and Machine Learning. They cover a wide range of the field. Computer vision is about getting software to interpret images and video, machine learning is about models that learn from data, and knowledge management and reasoning covers how systems store and use information.

Ask which courses every student takes, how many credits each concentration uses, and whether the final requirement is a project, a thesis or more coursework.

Standout Features

• Advanced directed studies plus internship, research and study abroad programs
• Can be completed entirely online, entirely on campus, or through a combination
• Complete entirely online, entirely on campus, or a mix; all courses scheduled late afternoons and evenings
• Courses are scheduled in late afternoons and evenings for part-time students who work

Who It Fits

• You hold a bachelor's in a STEM field with a 3.0 GPA or higher and have programming, mathematics and statistics coursework behind you.
• You work during the day. Courses are scheduled in late afternoons and evenings, GRE is not required, and letters of recommendation are not required.
• You want to pick a specialty. The four concentrations are Computer Vision, Intelligent Interaction, Knowledge Management and Reasoning, and Machine Learning.
• You live near Dearborn and want to mix online and on-campus sections instead of choosing one.

Who Should Skip It

• You don't have a STEM bachelor's. The admission standard asks for a STEM degree and prior programming, mathematics and statistics, so a career changer would need prerequisite work first.
• You need a clear online price before you apply. The school's online rate isn't clear yet, and the figures we can cite are general graduate rates.

Michigan-Dearborn's graduate cost page lists College of Engineering and Computer Science tuition of $19,296 for Michigan residents and $32,272 for non-residents. Those figures are for full-time attendance, 8 credits, over fall and winter, and are a general graduate rate, not an online-specific one.

We haven't verified a per-credit figure, so ask for the exact online rate and what the 30-credit degree adds up to. Part-time students pay for fewer credits each term, so the yearly figure for a working student will be lower than the full-time numbers above.

Ask about fees as well. The cost page shows tuition, and the total bill may include more.

You can finish the degree online, on campus or through a mix, and the choice is yours term by term. Evening scheduling means even the on-campus sections suit people who work, so you aren't forced into the online format to keep your job.

Ask whether online courses are live or recorded, how many start dates there are and how large the classes run. Those details change the experience a lot. A live evening class asks you to be at a screen at a set hour, while a recorded one lets you fit it in whenever.

If you plan to mix formats, ask how the evening sections are scheduled each term, and whether the online and on-campus versions of a course are the same class.

You earn a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The credential is the degree itself.

The school's reported graduation rate is 58 percent, which describes the university overall, not this program. That is lower than you might expect given the program's flexible format, so ask the school how many master's students finish.

Where this degree can lead: Data Scientist Jobs, Jobs You Can Get With an AI Degree.

The full rubric is on the methodology page.

• The price we can cite is a general graduate rate, so the true online cost isn't clear.
• The STEM bachelor's and prior programming, math and statistics requirements shut out career changers.
• The school's overall graduation rate is 58 percent.

• What is the per-credit rate for online students, and does it differ from the general graduate rate?
• Which of the four concentrations are fully available online?
• If I mix online and on-campus courses, how are evening sections scheduled each term?
• Which courses are required for every student, and how does a concentration change them?
• How does the program count prior programming, mathematics and statistics coursework?
• What fees come on top of tuition for a part-time student?

A public university in Dearborn, Michigan.

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