MS In Business Analytics

With Boston University’s MS in Business Analytics, you’ll unleash the power of data to generate actionable insights for the future. In 10-months, you’ll be prepared to thrive in one of the world’s fastest-growing business sectors. Your career journey is just beginning. Buckle up.

TURN DATA INTO ACTION

With our MS in Business Analytics, you’ll acquire essential skills in all areas of business analytics — from data mining and experimental methods to privacy and ethics —at one of the world’s top research universities. You won’t just enhance your abilities to analyze and interpret. You’ll also enhance skills so highly valued by employers, such as effective communication, collaboration, and leadership. Wow future employers with a unique resume that showcases your ability to turn data into solutions.

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YOUR CAREER IS OUR TOP PRIORITY

We’ve got you covered.

We want the best for you here—plain and simple. Dedicated career coaches are ready to help you launch the career you want. The MSBA team and Feld Center for Industry Alliances will help you connect with employers and engaged alumni. Industry connections are built throughout the program, and even right into the classroom.

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REAL DATA, REAL SOLUTIONS

Our experience-driven program will help you develop your ability to think critically about data problems in real-world business contexts. You’ll learn by doing and have unparalleled access to the Boston business ecosystem, including projects with real companies, industry events, and more.

Curriculum

MEET THE DEMAND

With companies across all industries utilizing business analytics to inform strategies and boost business performance, this growing field has become indispensable—and highly desirable. Questrom’s MSBA will prepare you to take the industry by storm.

TOP 6
BOSTON NAMED TOP 6 HUB FOR DATA SCIENCE
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37%
JOB GROWTH IN 2020
LinkedIn
29%
INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR DATA SCIENTISTS
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OUR MSBA COMMUNITY

At Questrom, community is at our core. We’re collaborative, not cutthroat. We’re honest, thoughtful, and eager to see one another succeed. Be it faculty, staff, students, or alumni, our community is as welcoming and inclusive as it is ambitious and motivated.

Don’t just take our word for it—our MSBA Admissions Ambassadors are around to chat via email, on the phone, or virtually about what being an MSBA student at the Questrom School of Business is really like.

meet OUR STUDENTS

Danting Huang
China

“The Questrom program met my expectations. It was challenging, fast-paced, and diversified.”

Sally Zhang
China

“The MSBA program helped me to learn to quickly extract useful information from large data pools and gave me the critical thinking skill to further analyze information”

Adil Bin Wahab
Bangladesh

“I came to Questrom MSBA for the Career-focused learning and ample opportunities to establish industry connections.”

meet OUR PROFESSORS

Andrey Fradkin
Assistant Professor
Marketing

“When we allocate our resources better as a society, we’re better off as a society. We’re more efficient and you can’t be efficient without analyzing the data and making data-driven decisions.”

Bin Gu
Professor
Informations Systems

“A key differentiator of our program is our focus on practice and how to apply these methods to real business problems. And that is a unique advantage of being in the business school.”

Tesary Lin
Assistant Professor
Marketing

“WE FOCUS NOT ONLY ON THE TECHNIQUES, BUT ALSO WHAT’S RELEVANT WHEN YOU CARRY THE TOOLS TO THE REAL MARKET. WHEN YOU RUN AN EXPERIMENT IN THE FIELD, YOU’ll ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES. SO, WHEN APPLYING THE TOOLS TO THE FIELD, WHAT’s THE MESSINESS THAT YOU NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR?”

Application Deadlines
10/27/21 | 12/15/21 | 1/25/22* | 3/23/22** | 4/27/22**

Admissions decisions are sent within 6-8 weeks

*Last round for all international applicants who are not currently in the U.S. and on an active F-1 visa
**For Domestic Students & International Students with a current, active F-1 visa


VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION

Wednesday, August 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm ET

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