Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics

Get the skills you need to interpret data, extract meaningful insights, and make better decisions — in whatever organization or career field you work. Our Business Analytics Certificate equips you to be a strategic, data-driven leader while guiding you through the software, languages, and methodologies for modeling and analyzing data.This certificate offers an excellent specialization if you are currently pursuing a Quinlan graduate degree or are a working professional who needs to better understand current business data analytics methodologies. Students in the program come from many backgrounds and undergraduate degrees and add a variety of perspectives to the program.Whatever your present career field — including marketing, accounting, management, finance, and many others — the business data analytics certificate allows you to position yourself as a data professional and vastly improve your career perspectives.Many of our certificate students ultimately decide to become data analytics professionals and consultants and continue to complete the MS in Business Analytics, further expanding career possibilities.

Applicants must submit official transcripts for all undergraduate and any graduate work. To be eligible for admission, your transcript must show an earned bachelor's degree or a bachelor's degree in progress. Certified copies of transcripts are acceptable; faxed copies of transcripts are not considered official. If you attended Loyola University Chicago previously, you do not need to request transcripts; we have them on record. Copies of transcripts or transcripts not received in a sealed envelope from the university are considered unofficial. If you attended Loyola University Chicago previously, you do not need to request transcripts. We strongly encourage electronic submission of documents. Official transcripts should show a GPA of 3.0 or higher. In exceptional cases, applicants whose undergraduate GPA is below 3.0 may be admitted. The minimum acceptable total score on the Internet-Based Test (IBT) of the TOEFL exam is 90. The minimum acceptable total score on the IELTS exam is 6.5.Application requirements for the Business Analytics Certificate include:Official TranscriptsResume/CV