Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Business Analytics Online

Become a leader in driving strategic growth by using data-informed techniques to optimize business decisions.

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Start class: 1/10/25
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Program Overview

Learn more about our online Business Analytics MBA

$17,460 Total Tuition Including Fees
As few as 12 months Duration
36* Credit Hours
Up to 12 credit hours Transfer Credits

The Radford University online Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Business Analytics degree program prepares you to understand and apply big data analysis to navigate general and industry-specific business challenges.

In our AACSB-accredited MBA online program, you will study predictive analytics, data mining, mathematical modeling, business forecasting and more. Our core curriculum gives you a broad-based, cross-functional education in business areas such as marketing, accounting, finance and strategic management.

Our flexible coursework empowers you with discipline-specific knowledge and the ability to analyze critical data for better informed decision-making. Plus, as a graduate of this flexible online master’s program, you will automatically earn a career-relevant graduate certificate jointly offered with SAS, a worldwide leader in data analytics software and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market.

In our fully online MBA Business Analytics program, you will:

  • Gain an understanding of fact-based recommendations to assist management in optimizing decisions and actions, including learning how to apply predictive analytics and data mining techniques to solve strategic business problems
  • Understand big data and the use of econometrics to streamline time series, develop financial models, and analyze and create investment portfolios for investors and clients
  • Use mathematical modeling and simulation in prescriptive analytics to enhance your ability to obtain actionable decisions in business situations
  • Get an SAS Business Analytics Graduate Certificate jointly offered with SAS, the largest Statistical Software Vendor in the world
  • Gain an understanding of fact-based recommendations to assist management in optimizing decisions and actions, including learning how to apply predictive analytics and data mining techniques to solve strategic business problems
  • Understand big data and the use of econometrics to streamline time series, develop financial models, and analyze and create investment portfolios for investors and clients
  • Use mathematical modeling and simulation in prescriptive analytics to enhance your ability to obtain actionable decisions in business situations
  • Get an SAS Business Analytics Graduate Certificate jointly offered with SAS, the largest Statistical Software Vendor in the world

Business analytics career opportunities:

  • Data Analyst
  • Financial Analyst
  • Management Analyst
  • Business Intelligence Analyst
  • Marketing Director
  • Data Analyst
  • Financial Analyst
  • Management Analyst
  • Business Intelligence Analyst
  • Marketing Director

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Radford also offers a general online MBA program. Check out all of our online MBA programs.

$17,460 Total Tuition Including Fees
As few as 12 months Duration
36 Credit Hours
Up to 12 credit hours Transfer Credits
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The Davis College of Business and Economics at Radford University has been accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) since 1992. Less than five percent of business schools worldwide hold this distinction—assurance that a business degree from the Davis College is of exceptional quality and highly respected by the business community.

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Tuition

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Our online MBA with a Concentration in Business Analytics offers the same affordable rate to all in-state and out-of-state students. Tuition is affordable and can be paid by the course.

Tuition breakdown:

$17,460 Total Tuition
$485 Per Credit Hour

Tuition breakdown:

$17,460 Total Tuition
$485 Per Credit Hour

Calendar

Here’s when you can get started on your online MBA Business Analytics

Radford online programs are delivered in a convenient format ideal for working professionals, with multiple start dates each year.

Now enrolling:

12/13/24 Apply by
1/10/25 Class Starts
TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Fall B10/18/2410/4/2410/9/2410/16/2410/17/2412/13/247 weeks
Spring A1/10/2512/13/2412/18/241/8/251/9/252/28/257 weeks
Spring B3/7/252/21/252/26/243/5/253/6/254/25/257 weeks
Summer A5/5/254/18/254/23/255/1/255/2/256/20/257 weeks
Summer B6/23/256/6/256/11/256/19/256/20/258/8/257 weeks

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12/13/24 Apply by
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Admissions

Read more about the application requirements for our online Business Analytics MBA

Our streamlined MBA with a Concentration in Business Analytics admissions process makes it simple for you to get started right away. Please read the admission requirements to ensure you qualify.

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 2.75 undergraduate GPA
  • GMAT waiver available

MBA online admission requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree from regionally accredited institution
  • Transcripts from all institutions previously attended
  • Minimum 2.75 undergraduate GPA
  • A GMAT score above 400 or an equivalent GRE. Which can be waived.


Waiver of the GMAT/GRE Exam

Candidates who earned a final overall undergraduate GPA of 3.000 or higher are waived of the GMAT or GRE test requirement. If a candidate is applying during the last semester of their undergraduate studies, the waiver cannot be granted until the final transcript has been submitted.

Candidates with 5 or more years of professional experience may request a waiver of the GMAT/GRE exam during the application process. For candidates seeking a review of their professional experience, please attach the GMAT Waiver Request Form for Professionals (PDF) to your application.

Candidates who are applying as a member of selected Radford University programs and organizations or who are applying from externally Partnered Colleges and Universities may also request a waiver of the GMAT/GRE exam during the application process. For candidates seeking a waiver as a member of a university program or organization or as a student at one of our external partners, please attach the GMAT Waiver Request Form for Students (PDF) to your application.


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Courses

Gain insights into the MBA Business Analytics online coursework

In order to earn the MBA with a Concentration in Business Analytics online, you must complete 12 courses (36 credit hours), comprised of 21 credit hours of core courses and 15 credit hours of business analytics concentration courses.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasis on accounting data used by managers in decision making.  The course uses a textbook and cases.  Among topics covered are relevant cost identification in decision making, contribution margin approach and capital budgeting.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies behaviors of individuals and groups in work organizations from managerial view; applies the concepts, methods, and research findings of the behavioral sciences to the understanding of the causes of human performance, satisfaction and development in work organizations.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A problem-solving course designed to help reduce uncertainty in the decision-making environment of operations and production in manufacturing and service firms of private and public sectors of the economy. Emphasis on employment of mathematical models for use and application in decision making in business.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course teaches students the art and science of selecting target markets and acquiring and maintaining profitable customers in a socially responsible and ethical manner. Case studies, experiential projects, simulations and marketing planning assignments may be used.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Study of selected topics in economic theory and their application to management problems. Topics include demand and supply, revenues, elasticity, production and cost, incremental decision making, market structure and pricing, and investment analysis. Elementary quantitative methods will be developed and utilized.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Integrates graduate business courses in a top level strategy development course. Emphasis on environmental analysis and decision making. A capstone course; must be taken during or after the term in which the last required MBA course is taken.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines techniques and concepts used in modern business and the theoretical advances in the areas of asset management and capital structure planning. Topics include capital budgeting, working capital management, valuation, cost of capital, capital structure planning, dividend policy, option pricing, mergers and acquisitions. Problems and short cases used to enhance student skills in financial planning and decision-making.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an introduction to the field of Business Analytics and its extensive use of exploratory and predictive models in providing fact-based recommendations to assist management in optimizing decisions and actions.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an in-depth understanding and application in Predictive Analytics and Data Mining techniques in order to solve strategic business problems.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers the importance of statistical techniques, advanced econometrics, portfolio theory, and risk/reward interplay to a) understand big data, b) use econometrics to streamline time series, c) develop financial models, and d) analyze and create investment portfolios for individual investors and institutional clients.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course aims to enhance students’ ability to obtain actionable decisions in business employing mathematical modeling and simulation in Prescriptive Analytics.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers basic and advanced topics in forecasting business and economic data. Emphasis is placed on practical application using statistical software.
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