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Online MBA in Business Analytics

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Optimize Processes and Increase Revenue With Data Analysis

100% Online

12 – 15 Months

36 – 48 Credit Hours

$775 Per Credit

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How the Business Analytics MBA Online Makes You Stand Out

  • Apply By: 10/06/25
  • Start Class: 10/20/25

Earn the Shenandoah online MBA in Business Analytics and gain a competitive advantage as a business analytics expert. Whether you’re preparing for managerial roles or entering a new field, this AACSB-accredited program will give you hands-on experience using industry-specific software. You will also enhance your ability to analyze large-scale data, predict future values and solve real-world business problems with cutting-edge quantitative methods and tools.

The faculty in our business programs are proud of their unique know-you-by-name atmosphere. Because of an 11-1 student-to-faculty ratio, SU’s expert instructors and lecturers can provide you with individualized support throughout your 100% online business analytics coursework.

Concentrations Details

  • AACSB accredited
  • No GRE or GMAT required
  • Among the best part-time MBA programs by U.S. News & World Report1
  • Small classes for personalized education
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Expand Your Technical and Analytical Skills Faster Online

Shenandoah’s curriculum is accelerated, AACSB accredited and 100% online. Upgrade your business analytics expertise quickly and conveniently with eight-week terms and asynchronous coursework designed for motivated professionals like you.

Increase your understanding of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics through engaging discussions, hands-on assignments and a capstone project that may include collaboration with a local company or nonprofit organization.

Online MBA in Business Analytics Required Courses

This course introduces commonly used code-based business analytics software packages. The covered topics include descriptive analytics, data visualization and data management and organization using these business analytics software packages. The focus will be on analyzing large-scale realistic data.

This course focuses on data mining and commonly used predictive analytics tools such as classification, clustering and regression methods. The students will apply these techniques using code-based business analytics software for analysis of large-scale data that will be used in business decision-making.

This course focuses on modeling large-scale real-life deterministic and stochastic optimization problems mathematically, solving them using code-based business analytics software and analyzing uncertainty in decision modeling.

This course focuses on applications of business analytics skills on large-scale, real-life problems problems. The capstone project will analyze data to provide solutions to the problems that are present within a selected organization. This may include collaboration with industry and/or local nonprofit organizations. Currently employed students can also work on a problem relevant to their position.

Shenandoah’s MBA core courses will strengthen your business fundamentals, giving you the versatile critical thinking skills necessary for a variety of upper-level roles. Deepen your understanding of data-driven decision-making, organizational leadership, internal business operations, international business opportunities and more.

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Look at the Potential Salaries and Jobs for MBA Business Analytics

Become a stand-out candidate for business analytics positions when you earn SU’s online MBA in Business Analytics. You’ll be qualified to pursue managerial roles in a multitude of fields, having mastered creating meaningful insights from data using the industry’s standard software and quantitative tools.

The AACSB-accredited MBA will provide you with the advanced business analytics skills hiring managers want — with zero in-person obligations. You can continue working full-time and increase your earning potential through this online MBA business analytics degree program.

Data Scientist $108,020 per year2

Management Analyst $99,410 per year3

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Sources

  1. U.S. News & World Report. “Best Part-Time MBA Programs.” Retrieved April 14, 2025, from https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/part-time-rankings.
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook. “Data Scientists.” Retrieved April 16, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/math/data-scientists.htm.
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook. “Management Analysts.” Retrieved April 16, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/management-analysts.htm.