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Online Graduate Certificate Program in Business Analytics
Drexel University is Regionally Accredited
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Business Analytics
**The online Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics is not accepting new students at this time. More information to come.**
The online Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Business Analytics is designed to provide you with the skills needed to analyze and interpret data to make strategic business decisions, solve complex issues, and increase efficiency within your organizations.
Courses utilize analytical tools and software designed to help you learn the effectiveness of analytics and technology to reach solutions through a quantitative and qualitative approach. You can customize your certificate through one of four course sequences:
- Leveraging Analytics
Aligning analytics with business challenges is critically important to the success of any business analytics strategy. Learn the role analytics plays in the relationship between strategy and value. - Managing Data
With the explosion of disparate data sources, organizations must build a solid data foundation to achieve value from their data. Learn how to extract, transform, and store disparate data into a format which can efficiently be utilized for analytics. - Predictive Analytics
Developing a road map for the future is predominant in many aspects of business today and will only become more ubiquitous as the amount of available data grows. Learn how to unlock patterns and identify trends to guide future decisions. - Uncovering Insights
With the explosion of technology, companies now have more information than ever at their fingertips, and need to create the framework, tools, and techniques to help extract valuable insights. Learn how to utilize visualization, storytelling, and mapping to understand the value of data. - Customized Certificate
Combine courses from any of the above sequences to create your own customized certificate focused on your interests and goals.
Upon completion, you will have gained communication, creative and critical thinking, and leadership skills that can be applied in your area of work.
Related Programs
State restrictions may apply to some programs.
Curriculum
This program is organized into four 10-week quarters per year (as opposed to the traditional two semester system) which means you can take more courses in a shorter time period. One semester credit is equivalent to 1.5 quarter credits.
| Choose One Sequence | ||
| Leveraging Analytics Sequence | ||
| MGMT 510 | Business Problem Solving | |
| MIS 612 | Aligning Information Systems and Business Strategies | |
| MIS 624 | Systems Analysis & Design | |
| STAT 610 | Statistics for Business Analytics | |
| Managing Data Sequence | ||
| MIS 632 | Database Analysis and Design for Business | |
| MIS 635 | Introduction to Hadoop and MapReduce | |
| STAT 610 | Statistics for Business Analytics | |
| STAT 632 | Datamining for Managers | |
| Predictive Analytics Sequence | ||
| OPR 601 | Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | |
| MGMT 715 | Business Consulting | |
| STAT 610 | Statistics for Business Analytics | |
| STAT 642 | Data Mining for Business Analytics | |
| Uncovering Insights Sequence | ||
| MIS 630 | Inter-Active Decision Support Systems | |
| MKTG 606 | Customer Analytics | |
| MKTG 607 | Marketing Experiments | |
| STAT 610 | Statistics for Business Analytics | |
| Total Credits | 12.0 | |
Admissions Criteria
- A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
Required Documents
With multiple ways to submit documents, Drexel makes it easy to complete your application. Learn more by visiting our Completing Your Application Guide.
A completed application
Transcripts
- Official transcripts from all universities or colleges and other postsecondary educational institutions attended (including trade schools)
- Unofficial transcripts may be sent to expedite the review of your application. Official transcripts must be received if you are accepted into the program.
Resume: Quality and quantity of professional experience will be evaluated
Additional requirements for International Students
Tuition
The tuition rate for the academic year 2024-2025 is $1175 per credit.
For the academic year 2025-2026, students enrolled in an online graduate academic program will be charged a graduate online program fee of $125 per year.
- This program is not eligible for Financial Aid.
- Special tuition rates are available for Drexel University Alumni, Military members, and members of our Partner Organizations.
- These rates apply only to new online students and students being readmitted.
- These rates apply only to fully online courses. Hybrid or on-campus courses may have different rates.
- Tuition rates are subject to increase with the start of each academic year in the fall term.
- All students must contact applyDUonline@drexel.edu within the first two weeks of the term to request tuition savings for which they qualify.
- Special rates cannot be combined. If you qualify for more than one special rate, you'll be given the one with the largest savings.
- When receiving special tuition plans , you may not be able to combine them with other tuition benefits that may be available from Drexel University.
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