Applying for Admission

Who Should Apply to the MS in Business Analytics Program?

The MS in Business Analytics is a rigorous graduate program for analytical thinkers with an interest in business. Qualified applicants should demonstrate a capacity for intense academic study, a propensity for mathematics and programming, and a basic understanding of business fundamentals. Recent graduates and early-career professionals with analytical backgrounds are eligible for the program.

Ideal candidates should meet the following criteria:

• Undergraduate degree in economics, mathematics, engineering, business, computer science, statistics, or related field is recommended, but not required
• Demonstrated competency in computer programming in at least one of the following computer programming languages is required: Python, C, C++, C#, VB (not VBA), or Java. Academic transcripts, certificates from online courses, or work experience may be cited to meet this requirement.
• At least one college-level calculus course is required.
• At least one college-level statistics course is recommended, but not required.
• Full-time work experience is not required. We do strongly recommend having at least some related internship(s) involving analyzing data, using technical software, and/or applying computer programming languages (e.g., Python, R, SQL, C, C++, C#, VB, Java, etc.), in addition to having related academic or extracurricular experiences.

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