Master of Science in Business Analytics

Data Analytics is a field of explosive growth and burgeoning opportunity. As organizations scramble to find qualified employees, savvy professionals are looking to cash in on the demand by establishing themselves in the field. Golden Gate University’s Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program opens the door to this lucrative world by providing courses that are designed for application of analytics to address real-world business challenges.

The Master of Science in Business Analytics presents students with an understanding of the many possibilities for applying data analytics to business problems. Data analytics, and the implications of this strategic discipline, give practitioners new opportunities for discovering insights that can support the strategic goals and decision making of the organization. The discipline has grown so fast that it is impossible to address all of its elements, so this degree should be viewed as a “toolkit” of statistical and analytic theory, processes, tools, and techniques, which can be integrated into the business depending on the discipline and needed outcomes.


The MSBA is relevant to multiple audiences, including: the business manager charged with using data analytics to derive value from data andor leveraging analytics teams to get that value; the subject matter expert in a business discipline charged with using analytics on the job; the budding business analytics data scientist requiring understanding of a myriad of data analytics tools; and the IT professional responsible for supporting the analytics infrastructure and addressing issues of data security, privacy and ethics. Students completing the MSBA will have earned 39 units including three units of graduate statistics.

Bachelor’s Degree: Applicants must have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from a recognized non-U.S. institution. In some cases, applicants with degrees from non-regionally accredited U.S. institutions may be considered on an exception basis. However, admission and/or transfer of credits from unaccredited institutions is not guaranteed.

International Applicants: For those who have completed their studies outside of the United States, your degree must be equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree. Three-year international baccalaureate degrees that are equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree may also be considered.