About the Program
Data and information are increasingly being vital to transform the world of business, creating amazing opportunities for future leaders in data driven decision making. Explore a career in in this burgeoning industry with a Master’s degree in Business Analytics (MSBA) from the Singelyn Graduate School of Business at Cal Poly Pomona. Designed to satisfy the contemporary needs in all business fields for data science technology and business applications, our MSBA graduate program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and carries a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) designation as well.
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Career Outcomes
Overview
Earning the MS in Business Analytics from Cal Poly Pomona will prepare you with the competencies necessary to identify and lead data-driven change with in-depth knowledge in databases, statistics, optimization, decision theories, predictive/prescriptive modeling, and more, while Machine Learning, SQL, Python/R Programming, Natural Language Processing, and Big Data will also round out your graduate skill set and competency toolbox. Enroll today and join a community of like-minded professionals, influential alumni, and our dedicated faculty, who are passionate about your success, and leverage our extensive CPP alumni network for elite networking opportunities within the exciting career field of business analytics.
"I chose CPP because it is one of the best public colleges in America based on its quality, affordability, and alumni outcomes. The MSBA program can provide me the foundation technical skills needed to achieve my future career goals."- Phoebe Phuong Tran, MSBA ’23
At-A-Glace
- AACSB-accredited and STEM-designated
- Completion time: One year expedited or 2-year standard duration to satisfy degree requirements. Full-time and part-time tracks available.
- Credit units needed for degree: 34 credits
- Number of courses: 12 courses – 11 core and one culminating experience
- Class time: Evening classes, Monday – Thursday, and Saturday classes
- Class mode: In-person lectures with hybrid content
The M.S. Business Analytics is open to students who hold a baccalaureate degree with certain quantitative and programming background from a regionally accredited college or university. The admission to this program is based on the holistic view of the following criteria:
- Demonstrated mastery of college algebra, statistics, and programming with a grade of “C” or better in relevant coursework
- Undergraduate degree with at least 2.5 Grade Point Average (or equivalent).
- For International students, please visit the following link for English Proficiency Requirements.
- Two letters of recommendation
- Other supporting documents such as resume, certificates, etc.
- Cal Poly Pomona English Language Institute (CPELI) offers English learning programs. CPELI level 6 is acceptable for satisfying CPP English proficiency requirement of SGSB graduate program admission purpose. Details can be found at https://www.cpp.edu/cpeli/.
- CPP’s STEM designated program for a graduate degree in business analytics consists of 34 units across four models – Business, Data, Analytics, and Experiential tracks, enabling students to focus on the implication of business analytics on various functional business areas.
- For more info, visit the Curriculum page
To provide in-depth and rigorous training in business analytics, this program emphasizes both the technical and the application perspectives of data analytics. Graduates from this program are anticipated to be able to:
- Develop business initiatives with strong story-telling ability
- Lead organizational changes with data driven decision making
- Proficiently use programming and database tools for descriptive, discovery, predictive, and prescriptive analytics
- Students will be able to effectively impart business analytics problems, methods, and solutions orally.
- Students will be able to effectively describe business analytics problems, methods, and solutions in writing.
- Students will be able to use different business analytics methodologies and tools to evaluate business problems.
- Students will be able to select the appropriate business analytics methodologies and tools for the problem at hand.
- Students will be able to evaluate business analytics solutions for various business functional areas' needs.
- Students will be able to develop change management strategies.
- Students will be able to demonstrate leadership knowledge and skills in business analytics projects.