Become a leader in optimizing business decisions by using data-driven techniques to drive strategic growth. This 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 flexible coursework empowers you with discipline-specific knowledge and the ability to analyze relevant data for better informed decision-making. Plus, as a graduate, you will automatically earn a graduate certificate jointly offered with SAS.
Online
Modality
As few as 12 months
Duration
36
Credit Hours
$18,756
Total Tuition
Online
Modality
As few as 12 months
Duration
36
Credit Hours
$18,756
Total Tuition
Official Degree Name: Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Business Analytics
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.
Our flexible coursework empowers you with discipline-specific knowledge and the ability to analyze critical data for better informed decision-making.
Ranked among the 'Best Business Schools' and 'Best Online MBA Programs' by The Princeton Review, 2024.
Build problem-solving skills to reduce uncertainty in operations and production decision-making.
Learn cost identification, contribution margin analysis, and capital budgeting to guide sound financial decisions.
Accelerated courses and up to 12 transferable credit hours help you speed up your time to completion.
Radford also offers a general online MBA program. Check out all of our online MBA programs.
In our AACSB-accredited MBA online program, you will gain in-demand expertise in budgeting, human resources, customer acquisition and engagement, international finance, organizational and product innovation, managerial economics, and more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Integrates graduate business courses in a top level strategy development course. Emphasis on environmental analysis and decision making. This is a capstone course; must be taken during or after the term in which the last required MBA course is taken.
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.
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.
This course aims to enhance students’ ability to obtain actionable decisions in business employing mathematical modeling and simulation in Prescriptive Analytics.
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.
This course covers basic and advanced topics in forecasting business and economic data. Emphasis is placed on practical application using statistical software.
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.
This course provides an in-depth understanding and application in Predictive Analytics and Data Mining techniques in order to solve strategic business problems.
An MBA in Business Analytics prepares graduates to translate data into strategic business decisions, a skill set in demand across nearly every industry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects financial analyst roles, one path this concentration supports, to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, much faster than the average for all occupations, with about 29,500 openings projected each year.
Graduates apply advanced analytics, forecasting, and data mining skills at organizations ranging from financial institutions to retail and healthcare companies, wherever data-driven decision-making adds value. As businesses increasingly rely on data to guide strategy, this concentration can help position graduates for long-term career growth in an expanding field.
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.
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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.
Recognized among the "Best Online MBA Programs" by U.S. News & World Report, 2026
Recognized as a "College of Distinction" by Colleges of Distinction, 2026
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