• MSc in Business Analytics at the University of Kansas is offered as a 2-years program by the School of Engineering.
  • This university is ranked #124 in National Universities, US News.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
  • Business analytics aims to turn big data into actionable intelligence.
  • To that end, business analysts use a variety of statistical and quantitative methods, computational tools, and predictive models – as well as their knowledge of finance, the corporate world, and the economy – to make data-driven decisions.
  • The Business Analytics Master’s program trains participants on how to uncover highly relevant data insights using advanced analytics and technologies.
  • The goal of the Business Analytics program is to prepare students with the requisite knowledge to implement data gathering, cleansing, integration, and modeling tasks as well as data asset analysis for business applications.
  • The program will build on the basic business core courses by adding the necessary advanced courses in the Statistics, Data, and Business Analytics Domains.
  • These courses will cover statistical methods, data warehousing, dimensional modeling, big-data analytical methods, and visualization tools and techniques and will introduce topics such as machine learning and predictive analytics.
  • Students will have the skills and experience to create and manage big data initiatives as well as associated business processes facilitating large-scale business data analytics in organizations.
  • Program graduates will not only drive decision-making across companies and government agencies but will also act as catalysts for growth.
  • The MSc program consists of 30 credits.