Business Analytics (M.B.A)

Our STEM-focused M.B.A program is your pathway to management career in the rapidly growing field of business analytics.

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Data and analytics are transforming management and driving business success. Companies of all sizes and in industries across the spectrum are hiring business analytics professionals who can use data science to solve problems, implement change, and create new business opportunities in competitive global markets.

The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Analytics program at Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business prepares you for key, high-impact roles managing business analytics.

  • Build your business expertise in management, innovation, strategic decision-making, operations and finance, and leadership.
  • Learn how to leverage insights from data analytics and predictive modeling to optimize operational efficiency, develop and grow new products and markets, and increase profits.
  • Study with faculty who have extensive industry experience and teach with an applied approach.
  • Stuart’s downtown Chicago location and connections with companies in data-intensive industries—marketing, logistics, digital tech, health care, and more—provide internships, networking, and job opportunities to help launch your career.

Program Overview

PSG, in association with Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business, USA, offers a two-year full-time MBA in Business Analytics designed to develop future-ready business leaders with strong analytical and decision-making skills. The program provides two flexible pathways:

  • Pathway 1: Allows students to complete both years at PSGIAS, with the MBA degree awarded by Illinois Tech
  • Pathway 2: Enables students to study the first year at PSGIAS and the second year at Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business in the USA, with the final degree also conferred by Illinois Tech.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of this program will learn sophisticated analytical, management, and leadership skills that will prepare them for careers as executives and analytical professionals in business analytics functions that are in high demand, such as:

  • Management analysts and supervisors who improve organizational efficiency and increase company profits
  • Operations research analysts and managers who develop more cost-effective business operations and solve complex problems, such as supply chain and logistics
  • Market research analysts and managers who help companies understand consumers, engage with their customers, and market products and services

Projected job growth ranges from 14 percent to 25 percent from 2020 to 2030 for such occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook.

PROGRAM TYPE

Master's

DEGREE

M.B.A.

DEPARTMENT

Business

COLLEGE

PSG IAS / Stuart School of Business

PATHWAY

PSG IAS / Stuart School of Business