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Business Analytics

The business analytics track of the Oregon State MBA program provides balanced training on both the business and technical aspects of analytics.

Overview

The business analytics track of the Oregon State MBA program provides balanced training on both the business and technical aspects of analytics. This prepares you for jobs across all industries as companies leverage the importance of data science in day-to-day decision-making.

You’ll work directly with corporate leadership on sponsored projects that bear solutions to existing challenges in their companies. You’ll interface and build your network with some of the region’s top businesses all while learning and collaborating with a diverse and dynamic cohort of students.

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MBA
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In-Person: Corvallis
Hybrid
Master of Business Administration

What You’ll Learn

You’ll lead projects and learn several data-analytic tools in order to integrate information technologies with data science methods to extract value from data.

You’ll communicate outcomes and strategies across your organization and open discussions for data-driven business decisions.

You’ll identify opportunities, needs and constraints for data analytics within organizational contexts and compose analytic tools and concepts to create innovative data-analytic solutions.

Program Stats

97%

Job placement rate for graduates of the OSU MBA graduate program

#3

ranked Oregon business program

15

Industry insiders on our advising council

Learning Outcomes

Integrate information technologies with data science methods to extract value from data sets

Think critically about the business implications, meaningfulness and applicability of observed data patterns and analytical inferences

Identify opportunities, needs and constraints for data analytics within organizational contexts

Select appropriate analytic tools for specific managerial issues

Compose data-analytic tools and concepts to create innovative data-analytic solutions

Demonstrate proficiency with several data-analytic tools

Communicate clearly and persuasively to audiences with various backgrounds

Provide leadership in analytics teams and projects

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Ways to Attend

In-Person: Corvallis

Attend in-person in Corvallis and attend your classes in Austin Hall, one of the crown jewels of the OSU campus.

Online

Study through Ecampus online an make your degree as convient as you need it to be.

Portland Hybrid

A mix of in-person classes in Portland and online classes you can take anywhere.

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A Mission to Advance the Field of Business Analytics

Research and problem-solving that benefit business and community as well as advance the field of business analytics for our students and faculty is core to the OSU Center for Business Analytics and Applied AI.

At the center, we are thought leaders in business analytics, accomplishing our goals through sponsored projects, community training and faculty research.

Our MBA researchers are a critical link to theory and practice, designing actual results-driven business projects, putting data science into practice, and expanding expertise in using analytical methods to translate organizational data into business opportunities. Each year, the center runs symposia and community boot camps for practicing professionals in business analytics.

Take Your Skills to the Next Level

Deepen your understanding and explore specialized areas within business analytics with these continued education courses.

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