Your Program

School of Management Business Analytics student.

Accelerate your career with an advanced degree and the skills employers need.

With an Online Master of Science in Business Analytics, you'll gain a combination of technical, managerial and communication skills. You will graduate with a strong foundation of knowledge and applied experience, positioning you to become a trusted advisor to senior management.

Our online delivery in fast-paced, seven-week sessions is a highly effective way to learn for individuals with full-time jobs, families and other commitments, allowing you to achieve your personal and professional goals on a flexible schedule.

Curriculum

Our 30-credit Online MSBA offers students the same exceptional quality coursework and distinguished faculty as our renowned on-campus program. 

Take advantage of the overwhelming demand for data analysts in every industry by focusing on the skills the employers want: data-driven decision-making, data visualization and business intelligence. Beyond technical skills, employers say storytelling is both the most critical and frequently missing skill in the analytics toolset. Storytelling is what turns data scientists into leaders who solve business problems.

Explore the Curriculum Planner to become familiar with foundational courses and choose your own pathway through advanced coursework.

Most Online MSBA students take one 3-credit course per seven-week module. The program can be completed in about 21 months. Speed up or slow down — it’s up to you.

Convenient Online Delivery

Asynchronous learning means you will log on to weekly learning modules when it is most convenient for you. You will learn through: 

  • Faculty presentations
  • Web-based simulations
  • Short videos on course-related topics 
  • Discussion boards and virtual events with industry experts
  • Reading assignments like industry articles and case studies
  • Peer collaboration via platforms like Zoom, file sharing and messaging apps
  • Assignments, quizzes and exams

Modules may be structured with short videos, articles and an assignment or deliverable, and you decide when and where to work through the material each week. 

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Buffalo, NY 14260-4000
Tel:  716-645-3204
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Buffalo, NY 14260-4000
Tel:  716-645-3200
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Optional Live Sessions

To enhance your asynchronous educational experience, optional live sessions are available:

  • Online office hours with our award-winning faculty
  • Additional review sessions for those who need extra guidance when it comes to understanding quantitative topics or gaining advanced technical skills
  • Applied learning seminars where your instructor will lead you through a real-world scenario on a particular topic
Data storytelling. Making sense out of big data.

According to Forbes, 90% of the world’s data was created in just the last two years. To make sense of this exponential growth, data storytelling, visualization and communication are critical skills. It will be the data storytellers who can see patterns, predict outcomes, tell a story and use critical thinking and problem solving. The School of Management's Online MS in Business Analytics provides you with the skills to come up with potential solutions.