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Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Business Data Analytics Online
Learn how to strategically analyze and leverage business data and distinguish yourself as a data-driven decision-maker in any organization. This respected online program positions you for in-demand professional opportunities in a broad range of industries.
Apply by:
2/28/25
Program Overview
Accelerate your professional growth with an online business data analytics MBA program
Focus on long-term career growth with a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Business Data Analytics from St. Thomas University Online. This career-defining program prepares you to meet the high demand for specialized leaders who use data to create market opportunities and drive business growth.
Learn how to collect, curate, and manage data so you can provide solid business recommendations through impactful data reports and dashboards that help your organization make decisions strategically. Analyze large-scale data and gain proficiency in related software including Excel, Tableau, and Power-BI.
Benefit from the convenience of multiple start dates and affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition. Study 100% online on a schedule that works for you. There is no GRE or GMAT required to enroll.
Careers in Business Data Analytics
- Business Analyst
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Data Visualization Specialist
- Business Functional Areas Data & Insights Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Data Visualization Specialist
- Business Functional Areas Data & Insights Analyst
Total Tuition
$19,500
Duration
As few as 12 months
Credit Hours
30
Tuition
Get the details on our pay-as-you-go tuition
Tuition for the business data analytics MBA online degree program is the same for in-state and out-of-state students and can be paid by the course. The total tuition is inclusive of all fees, including a technology fee for each course.
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBA in Business Data Analytics | $625 | $1,950 | $19,500 |
Tuition breakdown:
Total Tuition
$19,500
Per Credit Hour
$625
Calendar
Important dates and deadlines to keep in mind
The business data analytics MBA online program is delivered in an online format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year. Choose the start date that is best for you.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2 | 3/15/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/5/25 | 3/10/25 | 3/19/25 | 5/9/25 | 7 weeks |
| Summer 1 | 5/17/25 | 5/2/25 | 5/7/25 | 5/12/25 | 5/21/25 | 6/27/25 | 6 weeks |
| Summer 2 | 6/28/25 | 6/13/25 | 6/18/25 | 6/23/25 | 7/2/25 | 8/8/25 | 6 weeks |
| Fall 1 | 8/23/25 | 8/8/25 | 8/13/25 | 8/18/25 | 8/27/25 | 10/17/25 | 7 weeks |
| Fall 2 | 10/18/25 | 10/3/25 | 10/8/25 | 10/13/25 | 10/22/25 | 12/12/25 | 7 weeks |
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Apply Date
2/28/25
Class Starts
3/15/25
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Admissions
How to apply to your online MBA – Business Data Analytics
Our streamlined admission requirements allow students with diverse academic backgrounds greater access to the MBA – Business Data Analytics online program.
Admission Requirements:
- Free application
- 2.5 GPA or higher
- No GRE or GMAT required
MBA – Business Data Analytics Online Admission Requirements
The following are required for admission to the business data analytics MBA online program:
- Completed free application
- Bachelor’s degree transcript (unofficial transcripts are accepted)
- 2.5 or greater GPA, no GMAT
- 2.33 – 2.49 GPA. Other documents may be requested for additional program director review. No GMAT required.
Official transcripts can be sent to St. Thomas University through Parchment and National Student Clearinghouse. Unofficial transcripts and other documents can be uploaded via your Admissions Portal or emailed to [email protected].
Courses
Learn more about the online courses in our business data analytics MBA
The MBA in Business Data Analytics online curriculum is comprised of 10 courses, including 18 credit hours of core courses, 12 credit hours of specialization courses, and up to nine credit hours of foundation courses based on a review of transcripts.
Courses in this program are seven weeks long. Courses during the two summer terms, however, are six weeks long.
Students will be placed in one of the following courses based on course availability.
MAN 510: Management Ethics
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The study of ethics and ethical behavior in public and private organizations is the fundamental purpose of this core course, which also explores broad areas of social responsibility to others in the enterprise, customers, the community and the preservation of the environment.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify, analyze, and apply traditional ethical theories.
- Evaluate the effect of culture on ethical issues and identify, discuss, and assess current ethical issues in local, regional, national, and international arenas.
- Articulate and assess conflicts between business practices and social justice.
- Develop a personal code of ethics by synthesizing theory and practical application and apply ethical principles in one's professional life.
MAN 700: Organizational Behavior
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a micro-perspective on organizations within the context of motivation, leadership, communication, interpersonal relations and group dynamics. Students will be encouraged to apply theoretical material to case studies and their own organizations.
Learning Outcomes
- Examine experiences and identify organization behavior concepts in everyday life.
- Evaluate the impact of organizational behavior concepts on cases by defending and justifying your position.
- Apply knowledge of organization behavior concepts to solve organizational problems ethically.
- Work effectively with others in team environments.
- Articulate the impact of diverse and multicultural work environments.
- Apply and evaluate the effectiveness of leadership in various organizational situations.
- Write professional communications.
Students will take the following courses.
BUS 777: Business Data Analytics
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an introductory framework to understand the structure and dynamics of Data Analytics for Business in relation to Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics through the use of data, quantitative mathematical and statistical models, and information technology software and applications. Graduate students will apply Data Analytics for Business tools to help decision makers gain improved insights about their business operations; and therefore to support them to make better, rational, fact-based, and data-driven business decisions.
Learning Outcomes
- Examine the diverse applications and influence of data analytics on business practices, encompassing data creation, sharing, analytics, mining, reporting, and storage within and across organizations, including related ethical issues.
- Apply Data Analytics for Business concepts to real-life business scenarios using common-place information technology.
- Analyze and frame Data Analytics for Business problems and develop both proactive and reactive solutions.
- Use critical thinking skills to develop effective case analysis recommendations and course of actions.
ACC 770: Managerial Accounting
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Acquisition of capital and debt, long-range and annual budgeting, budget management, cash flow management, short-term debt financing, interfacing with operation functions. (Pre-requisite: ACC 530 or have come in with 6 hours of undergraduate accounting courses)
Learning Outcomes
- Perform essential managerial functions such as planning, control, and decision-making.
- Prepare cost analyses, cash flow statements, budgets, and cost comparisons.
- Make managerial decisions by analyzing financial statements.
BUS 672: Global Marketing Concepts & Strategies
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Concepts, theories, and applications of marketing in an international environment, including the analysis of marketing opportunities, structuring of marketing programs, marketing efforts, and legal aspects of multinational marketing
Learning Outcomes
- Identify variables in the global environment that require further analysis before creating a global marketing strategy.
- Develop a comprehensive marketing plan, determine its components, and explain which options are appropriate under the current environmental conditions to marketing personnel.
- Analyze the diverse cultures domestically and abroad.
FIN 751: Financial Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Acquisition of capital and debt, long-range and annual budgeting, budget management, cash flow management, short-term debt financing, interfacing with operation functions. Pre-requisites: ACC 530, BUS 532, and BUS 724, or have come in with 6 hours of undergraduate accounting courses, 6 hours of undergraduate economics courses, and 6 hours of undergraduate statistics courses)
Learning Outcomes
- Design an outline for ethical leadership by the financial manager based on different scenarios throughout the course.
- Utilize financial statements to create financial profiles for a firm's managers, investors, and stakeholders.
- Solve time value of money problems and apply the concepts to corporate finance decisions.
- Evaluate various financing sources available to financing managers and estimate a corporation's cost of capital.
- Select potential corporate investment projects by applying various capital budgeting criteria.
- Use a financial model for estimating cash flows and analyzing capital budget projects.
- Perform a qualitative and quantitative analysis of a potential project based on a real-world case study, including sensitivity analysis.
BUS 704: Policy, Planning, and Strategy Systems
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Concepts, theories, and practices in public, private, and non-profit organizations of policy-making, strategy, planning, budgeting, and various implementing systems. The case study method integrated with a contingency approach to management. This course should be taken after most of the MBA core courses have been completed.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop analytical and practical skills to understand Strategic Management's role in business, address realistic corporate challenges, and contribute to business organizations.
- Describe the Strategic Management implications of business trends like globalization, corporate mergers, technological advances, innovation, social media, workforce diversity, entrepreneurship, ecological sustainability, changing employment practices, corporate citizenship, and social responsibility.
- Examine and frame Strategic Management problems and create both proactive and reactive solutions.
- Create effective Strategic Management case analysis recommendations and courses of action.
Students will take the following courses.
BUS 708: Business Data Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with the expertise to collect, curate, and manage data within a business context. It covers topics such as data governance, quality control, and the ethical implications of data handling. Students will learn to implement data management strategies that align with organizational goals, ensuring data integrity and accessibility. This course is vital for aspiring business leaders who aim to leverage data as a strategic asset in today’s data-information-centered environments.
BUS 709: Business Data Apps
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with practical applications of data analytics tools in the business landscape such as Excel, Microsoft PowerBI, Tableau, SPSS, and SAS. Students will gain proficiency in a variety of analytics software, learning to analyze and interpret complex datasets to uncover valuable business insights. The course emphasizes hands-on learning with real-world datasets, enabling students to master the use of analytics applications in strategic planning, marketing, operations, and beyond. This course is crucial for those who aspire to transform data into actionable business insights, recommendations, and decision-making strategies and execution.
CIS 541: Fundamentals of Big Data Analytics
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides the fundamental knowledge to equip students to capture and analyze all sorts of large-scale data from all kinds of fields, such as people, behavior, information, devices, sensors, biological signals, finance, neurology, etc. The fundamental platforms with data storage system, such as Hadoop, Spark, and other tools, such as HDFS, HBase, KV stores, document database, graph database, and different ways of handling analytics algorithms on different platforms will be introduced. Ethical topics such as emerging medical models from historical and cross-cultural perspectives, the application of these models to a variety of new and emerging technologies, and examination of the mechanics of ethical and unethical behaviors will be covered as well.
BUS 710: Business Data Visualization
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with the skills to interpret and present data in meaningful ways. Through hands-on experience with cutting-edge visualization tools and techniques, students will learn to create impactful reports and dashboards that tell a story and drive business decisions. The curriculum covers principles of design and best practices in visual representation and reporting, ensuring graduates can convey complex data insights clearly and persuasively to stakeholders at all levels. This course is essential for those looking to lead in data-centric roles across various industries. Students will be placed in this or CIS 546.
The following courses may be required based on a review of transcripts.
ACC 530: Essentials of Accounting
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An intensive study of accounting principles and practices for those with no previous background in accounting. The collection, reporting and interpretation of the financial data of a modern business firm is emphasized.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and predict the impact of business decisions on a company's financial statements.
- Examine and determine the financial condition and performance of a business.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills in business situations.
- Understand accounting terminology and essential concepts in financial and managerial accounting.
BUS 532: Statistical Analysis for Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An overview of basic probability and statistical techniques, to provide a foundation in the use of statistical methodologies, and the interpretation of the findings in analyzing business data.
BUS 724: Foundation for Business Studies
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide the foundation for understanding accounting, economics, statistics and case study analysis. The development of the aforementioned basic skills occurs within a business organization context and recognizes previously completed courses as well as experiential learning.
Learning Outcomes
- Address "real life" corporate challenges and influence business performance using a mix of analytical and practical skills.
- Understand and explain the implications of contemporary business trends such as globalization, corporate mergers, technological advances, innovation, social media, workforce diversity, entrepreneurship, ecological sustainability, changing employment practices, corporate citizenship, and social responsibility.
- Analyze and frame strategic management problems and develop both proactive and reactive solutions to them.
- Use critical thinking skills to create effective strategic management case analysis recommendations and courses of action.
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