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Every Organization Uses Analytics

Change your career trajectory by developing data manipulation, visualization, and analytical decision-making skills with the MS in Business Analytics (MSBA). The 10-course, 31-credit MSBA program can be completed at your own pace through our flexible online learning platform.

Flexible and Convenient

The Isenberg’s Online MSBA program offers the flexibility you need to fit your life, while learning from industry-leading expert faculty and receiving the same core curriculum as your on-campus counterparts. As an Online MSBA student, you can work at your own pace, taking as few as three credits (one course) or up to four years to complete your degree. And, if you start your degree online in the summer, you have the option of joining an on-campus cohort in Amherst or Newton in the fall.

MSBA students choose between two tracks—Business Foundations or Data Analytics—depending on career goals and prior business experience. Students can choose to further deepen their knowledge of data analytics by undertaking the optional concentration in Advanced Analytics. The MSBA program makes you a highly sought-after candidate for a career in any industry or organization.

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Prepare for Your Business Analytics Career

Prepare for Your Business Analytics Career

The Isenberg Office of Career Success offers the career and professional development support you need for an analytics career. Work with a career coach and visit the IConnect portal for job postings, career events, and a suite of resources and tools in one central location to help you prepare for your career search.

$81,000
Average starting salary
Ranked #9
U.S. News & World Report ranked our Online MSBA program #9 in 2023
High Demand Skills
Curriculum delivers analytic, programming, visualization and data mining tools
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4+1 Master's Degrees

4+1 Master's Degrees

Undergraduate students at UMass Amherst and other colleges in the Five College Consortium can pursue a 4+1 option, completing their undergraduate degree and their master's degree in 5 years. 

The 4+1 option can also be accelerated, allowing students to complete both their undergraduate and master's degrees in fewer than 5 years. Isenberg's Master of Finance, Master of Science in Accounting, and Master of Science in Business Analytics all offer this accelerated option.

Interested students should apply to a master's degree program in their junior year or early in their senior year.

 

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Any program that Isenberg offers will give you access to a world of resources: great faculty members with industry experience, hands-on experience in your courses, the Chase Career Center, and endless networking opportunities. Choosing to get a business degree from Isenberg is a no-brainer.
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2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Grad Business Programs
Online MS in Business Analytics
#6 Overall
U.S. News & World Report, 2024
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MSBA Faculty

MSBA Faculty

Carey Baldwin
Carey Baldwin
Lecturer
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Jeffrey Clark
Jeffrey Clark
Lecturer, David Gaunt Faculty Fellow in Real Estate; M.Fin. Academic Program Director
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Robert Feingold
Lecturer
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Nora Junaid
Nora Junaid
Lecturer
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Ying Liu
Assistant Professor
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Catherine Lowry
Catherine West Lowry
Senior Lecturer II
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E. Nicole Melton
Department Chair & Associate Professor
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William Norton
William Norton
Graduate Program Director, Director of McCormack Center for Sport Research and Education, & Senior Lecturer
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David Sands
Adjunct Lecturer, Affiliated Expert
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Bruce D. Weinberg
Professor
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Kathy Zilch
Lecturer
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State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)

UMass Amherst accepts students from all 50 states into online programs and classes. The University of Massachusetts Amherst operates distance education classes and programs for out-of-state students under the terms and provisions of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA). California does not participate in the Agreement but allows all public institutions to offer distance education to its residents.

Revolutionary Flexibility

Revolutionary Flexibility

This Isenberg program is a UMass Flex program, a designation that enables flexible access to UMass Amherst.

 

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  1. Review the program specific admissions requirements.
  2. Click Apply Now to go to the University's Graduate School site where you can find a link to the secure online application.
  3. First-time users will need to create an account to start a new application. Note: You can submit your application before you have all your materials ready, simply save and resume your application as you gather required materials.
  4. After submitting, track your application at the Graduate School Status of Application page.
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