Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics

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Program Benefits & Overview

Certificate Curriculum

Master’s Degree

Level up in Business with a Graduate Certificate

The Business Analytics Certificate offers students the opportunity to develop the foundational skills needed to extract decision-guiding insights out of data. No coding required – students will explore the latest analytical tools and learn to interpret data to solve business problems. You can start with a 12-credit certificate and apply the credits towards the 32-credit Master of Science in Business Analytics & Intelligence program.

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  • Apply credits towards a Master’s Degree

Program Curriculum

To earn your Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics, you will complete the 3 courses listed for a total of 12 credit hours.

Understand the growing role of data in the decision-making process, and gain insights on how to use data to answer high-level business questions. Students are exposed to real world applications of analytics to solve problems in a variety of industries. 

Explore core statistical concepts, emphasizing analysis and interpretation of statistical results, and focus on statistical applications in making business decisions.

Delve into exploratory and confirmatory data analysis, and build the essential skills required to identify patterns and relations in data. Course shows students how to test validity of hypotheses and enables learners to develop hands-on, applied data analytic competencies as a means of supporting managerial decision making.

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Schedule a 1:1 virtual information session with Assistant Dean, Annarita Meeker, to find out if the program is a fit for you and get any questions you have answered.

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Where Can Your Business Analytics & Intelligence Degree Take You?

Potential career paths for graduates of the Master of Science in Business Analytics & Intelligence include:

Senior Business Analyst

$110,065Avg.per year

Business Systems Analyst

$101,130Avg. per year

Management Analyst

$93,000Avg. per year

Source: Glassdoor.com, Obtained Aug. 2022

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