You’re not likely going to get any scholarship money, unless Regis gives it to you.
You can try to find some scholarship, but you’ll likely find that they don’t exist for grad students.
Do you qualify for any tuition tax credits?
Hopefully someone here can chime in about those.
I know that you don’t want loans, but if you qualify NOW (as an undergrad) for any SUBSIDIZED loans, then you may need to take those NOW…bank the money…and use it towards grad school.
There aren’t any subsidized loans for grad school…only some for undergrads.
Have you submitted FAFSA? If not, do that for THIS current school year.
The American Opportunity Credit is available only for the first four years of postsecondary education. The Lifetime Learning Credit may be available for OP’s graduate study; this is 20% of the first $10,000 of qualified education expenses.
Does that mean if the person goes to undergrad for 6 years, but didn’t apply for the tax credit for the first four years, he can’t apply for the last two years? Or is it 4 years total?
I checked the Lifetime Learning Credit on the IRS website and it doesn’t specify if it is for undergrad or grad school, although most examples they give are for freshmen or sophomore. It looks like it might work but I will have to double check. Thanks for the tip.
And yes, I will definitely not get a loan. I rather pay the difference out of pocket in that case
Regarding FAFSA, I remember submitting it a long time ago when I was at CU Denver. I think you only need to submit it once, right? I still don’t know what FAFSA is for, I thought it was so you can get loans or some government aid, which I was getting at that time, called College Opportunity Fund, from the State of Colorado. How would FAFSA benefit me in my case?
The college opportunity fund is now figured directly into the tuition, so for example Colorado residents who should be paying $300 per credit only pay $250 (just an example, not the actual numbers). I don’t know how or if it works at private schools, but I don’t think it does. If you go to a public school, the tuition is adjusted.
I think you are too hung up on the title of the degree. If Data Science is important, then the other schools in Denver are going to offer the degree but may call it something else or it might differ slightly. Have you checked CU Denver? Metro? CU Boulder? CSU either on line or downtown? School of Mines? There are so many schools in the metro area that someone is going to offer the degree OR it is not worth having in this area (which I can’t believe because there is so much tech). U of Denver might have something, but it is going to be expensive too.
Yes, I checked the other options at CU Denver, and they are not the same. I checked their curriculum and there is not so much emphasis in statistics, which is what Data Scientist do. That is probably why CU Denver calls it Masters in Business Analytics. they have an option with emphasis in Big Data, but those are just two classes. Regis is much more focused on it.
I have decided that Berkeley is not an option. it might be good, but not worth the extra expense. I have gotten very good information from this thread so thank you all for your help.
Yes, I will only need a programming class and a statistics class to meet the requirement. I could get that done over a summer before the program starts. Regis even offers those classes if the applicant does not meet that criteria.
I think data science is more technical and scientific than mis, although the job duties can really blur under that title in business/industry. Daughter’s first job out of school was a data scientist with a degree in math-cs and a cs grad degree in machine learning. These jobs can be very lucrative.