UMass Boston

Gain the necessary analytical skills to get ahead.

As a student pursuing the Business Analytics graduate certificate* at UMass Boston, you’ll acquire the skills you need to guide business operations towards achieving strategic objectives in any industry, from health care to finance and retail. Understanding and learning Business Analytics (BA) is becoming a necessity for all business professionals. This online certificate consists of four courses focused on the transformative capabilities of BA and the technologies needed for implementation.

*Course credit from a certificate will count toward a graduate degree in Business Administration (MBA), Business Analytics, or Information Technology should you choose to continue.

In this program, you will:

• Be able to effectively analyze data to inform business decisions and strategies
• Use various tools and techniques to collect, clean, and manage large datasets, including machine learning and data mining algorithms
• Learn to effectively communicate your findings to various stakeholders and make recommendations for action based on their analysis

Career Possibilities

Analyze data and identify patterns or trends to make informed decisions as a business analyst. Implement statistical models to analyze large datasets as a data scientist. Or, conduct research to understand consumer behavior and preferences as a market research analyst. These are just a few of the possibilities.

Become a(n):

• Business Analyst
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Data Scientist
• Market Research Analyst
• Marketing Manager
• Operations Manager
• Operations Research Analyst