MS, Business Analytics

The challenge is clear: businesses across industries need to develop new ways to identify and solve previously complicated and seemingly unsolvable problems, improve customer retention, and still maintain a competitive edge in incredibly fast-paced markets. With a Master of Science in Business Analytics, the path to success is also clear: IT and business professionals alike will learn to distinguish which data is relevant and use it to identify trends and solve old business problems in a new, more efficient manner that is hyper-focused on business success and longevity.

A Master’s in Business Analytics from Montclair State is a STEM-designated program that provides a strong foundation in data analytics, statistical and predictive modeling, data and big data management, analyzing structured and unstructured data, knowledge discovery, segmentation analysis, and more. 

With more data than ever available, businesses need to focus on how to manage, prioritize, and leverage it to drive strategic business decision-making. At Montclair State University, our core courses supply a depth of knowledge in the use of analytics to identify trends and patterns and refine and develop strategies suggested by data. You’ll learn to:

• Understand and utilize data from a variety of sources
• Identify trends through the use of unique KPI’s
• Uncover insight to revolutionize your problem-solving abilities

Are you…

• An IT professional with a bachelor’s degree, looking for a strong analytical background to position your career to develop business-focused analytics solutions?
• A business professional with a qualitative background looking to provide deep, data-driven insights that foster long-term business solutions?
• A STEM-focused professional ready to tackle Big Data and use it to drive strategic decision-making?
• Ready to help bridge the gap between the business and IT domains?

Our ideal applicants fall into these categories and other professionals, business-related disciplines, plus have a minimum of 2-3 years of work experience in their given field.

Our Capstone Sponsoring Supervisors have a lot to say about the way the MS, BA students applied their business analytics knowledge to provide insight, problem-solve, and strategize for the future:

“[The student] completed a deep dive data analytics project from beginning to end, including identifying and merging data from two systems, applying data transformation and aggregation techniques, and building a Tableau dashboard. The dashboard provides insights into what courses use the learning management system as well as how they use it at the detail level that is not available through reports and dashboards within the application.” 

“[The student] helped add value and ROI to top clients through data integration and predictive analytics. She went beyond the surface level analytics and built predictive models to identify key variables affecting utilization and safety, specifically impacts. In performing this analysis, she was able to identify high-level issues with forklift operator activity across multiple sites, as well as pinpoint safety and compliance issues at the site, vehicle, and forklift operator levels. The results are expected to improve both safety and efficiency without any added costs.