Analytics
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Become adept at making sound business decisions by analyzing and understanding the big data behind them.
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A traditional graduate program to launch your career in the in-demand field of business analytics. Understand and translate data into business context to improve decision making.
- Average work experience: Less than 2 years
- Program duration: 10 months
In addition to the business analytics core, this concentration is designed to focus on sports analytics with courses on acquiring sports data, analytic techniques for athletic performance, as well as on both front-office and athlete-focused marketing concerns.
- Average work experience: Less than 2 years
- Program duration: 12 months
Graduates of the PhD program are well-positioned to attain academic jobs at top business schools, where they can pursue successful careers in data analytics intensive domains such as business analytics, data science, information systems, operations, and computational social science, conducting research that is impactful and supports human flourishing.
Learn MoreA student in business analytics focuses on the use of data to solve business problems. Students in our programs learn how to collect, clean, analyze data, and how to use the results of their analysis to make better business decisions.
Students take courses in statistics, computer science, and operations as well as specialized ones on business analytics—such as data mining, predictive analytics, machine learning and visualization.
Business analytics is a rapidly growing field. The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects employment in the industry to grow 27% from 2020 to 2030, much faster than average for all occupations.
