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#1/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Massachusetts, USA4.52%Acceptance Rate
MS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
TOEFL100
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Tuition:  
$69.2K/Yr
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$21.3K/Yr
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#3/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Stanford University, Stanford

7.2(Based on 4 User Reviews)California, USA4%Acceptance Rate
MBA
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
GMAT738TOEFL5.5PTE68
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Tuition:  
$64.1K/Yr
Living
$34.3K/Yr
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#5/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Harvard University, Cambridge

7.7(Based on 6 User Reviews)Massachusetts, USA3%Acceptance Rate
LLM
Course duration:
1 year
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo125TOEFL100PTE70
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Tuition:  
$58.1K/Yr
Living
$13.6K/Yr
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#10/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

8.3(Based on 3 User Reviews)California, USA3%Acceptance Rate
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
1 year
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo120TOEFL100
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Tuition:  
$64.1K/Yr
Living
$21K/Yr
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#13/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

University of Chicago, Chicago

8.0(Based on 6 User Reviews)Illinois, USA
MS Financial Mathematics
Course duration:
15 months
Exams Accepted:
TOEFL5
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Tuition:  
$68.7K/Yr
Living
$29K/Yr
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#15/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

7.3(Based on 6 User Reviews)Pennsylvania, USA5%Acceptance Rate
MBA
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo130TOEFL100
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Tuition:  
$53.4K/Yr
Living
$19K/Yr
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#16/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Cornell University, Ithaca

5.7(Based on 11 User Reviews)New York, USA8%Acceptance Rate
MBA
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo120IELTS7.0
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Tuition:  
$48.2K/Yr
Living
$18.6K/Yr
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#21/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Yale University, New Haven

9.7(Based on 4 User Reviews)Connecticut, USA4.6%Acceptance Rate
MBA
Course duration:
2 years
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Tuition:  
$65.8K/Yr
Living
$19.9K/Yr
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#24/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

8.7(Based on 10 User Reviews)Maryland, USA6%Acceptance Rate
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
1 year
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo130TOEFL100PTE68
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Tuition:  
$67.1K/Yr
Living
$15.4K/Yr
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#25/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Princeton University, Princeton

8.3(Based on 1 User Reviews)New Jersey, USA5%Acceptance Rate
MFin
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo125TOEFL108
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Tuition:  
$66.3K/Yr
Living
$21.2K/Yr
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#38/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Columbia University, New York City

7.0(Based on 22 User Reviews)New York, USA4%Acceptance Rate
MS Data Science
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo135TOEFL100
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Tuition:  
$72.5K/Yr
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#42/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Northwestern University, Evanston

9.0(Based on 5 User Reviews)Illinois, USA
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
1 year
Exams Accepted:
IELTS7
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Tuition:  
$84.3K/Yr
Living
$2.1K/Yr
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#52/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

7.2(Based on 9 User Reviews)Pennsylvania, USA12%Acceptance Rate
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
18 months
Exams Accepted:
IELTS7
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Tuition:  
$57.9K/Yr
Living
$15.4K/Yr
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#55/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

New York University, New York City

8.7(Based on 24 User Reviews)New York, USA9%Acceptance Rate
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo125TOEFL90PTE65
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Tuition:  
$56.2K/Yr
Living
$6.6K/Yr
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#62/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Duke University, Durham

9.7(Based on 13 User Reviews)North Carolina, USA
Master in Interdisciplinary Data Science
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo115IELTS7
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Tuition:  
$66K/Yr
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#69/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Brown University, Providence

7.0(Based on 2 User Reviews)Rhode Island, USA5%Acceptance Rate
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
IELTS8
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Tuition:  
$63.2K/Yr
Living
$9.8K/Yr
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#88/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Boston University, Boston

7.7(Based on 15 User Reviews)Massachusetts, USA11%Acceptance Rate
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
1 year
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo115TOEFL84
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Tuition:  
$65.3K/Yr
Living
$15.4K/Yr
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#119/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Rice University, Houston

8.0(Based on 6 User Reviews)Texas, USA7.9%Acceptance Rate
MCS
Course duration:
1 year
Exams Accepted:
GRE322TOEFL90
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Tuition:  
$57.1K/Yr
Living
$18.1K/Yr
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#146/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

7.7(Based on 37 User Reviews)California, USA10%Acceptance Rate
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
2 years
Exams Accepted:
TOEFL90PTE61
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Tuition:  
$32.4K/Yr
Living
$22.4K/Yr
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#167/1401 QS Ranking 2026(Overall)

Washington University, St. Louis

6.7(Based on 4 User Reviews)Missouri, USA12%Acceptance Rate
MS Computer Science
Course duration:
1 year
Exams Accepted:
Duolingo125IELTS6.5
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Tuition:  
$61.6K/Yr
Living
$15.5K/Yr
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