Online Master of Business Administration with a Data Analytics Concentration

Advance your career by using data to identify growth opportunities, solve problems and make sound business decisions. Learn how to analyze data and extract actionable insights.

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Program Overview

Explore AI and more in this online MBA Data Analytics program

$17,600* Total Tuition
As few as 16 months Duration
44 Credit Hours

In the Master of Business Administration with a Data Analytics Concentration online program, you will strengthen your leadership competencies as you develop the top data skills needed in today’s global business environment. Accelerated courses are 100 percent online and aligned with contemporary issues.

This affordable, AACSB-accredited online MBA in Data Analytics program empowers you with immediately applicable, cutting-edge knowledge. Learn statistical techniques to prepare data-based forecasts and guide managerial decision-making, then use data visualization to present your findings to a variety of audiences. Explore the evolving use of AI applications and machine learning algorithms to create successful business initiatives.

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The Eastern Washington University School of Business is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB).

In this data analytics MBA program, you will learn to:

  • Examine relevant data and draw informed conclusions
  • Identify ethical dilemmas and evaluate alternative courses of action
  • Incorporate global considerations into business activities
  • Use relevant theories, concepts, perspectives and facts to analyze business and economic issues and solve related problems
In this data analytics MBA program, you will learn to:+
  • Examine relevant data and draw informed conclusions
  • Identify ethical dilemmas and evaluate alternative courses of action
  • Incorporate global considerations into business activities
  • Use relevant theories, concepts, perspectives and facts to analyze business and economic issues and solve related problems

Data analytics career opportunities:

  • Marketing Manager/Director
  • Financial Analyst/Advisor/Director
  • Data Analyst Director
  • Operations Director
  • Management Analyst/Director
  • Supply Chain Manager/Director
  • Business Intelligence Analyst/Director
Data analytics career opportunities:+
  • Marketing Manager/Director
  • Financial Analyst/Advisor/Director
  • Data Analyst Director
  • Operations Director
  • Management Analyst/Director
  • Supply Chain Manager/Director
  • Business Intelligence Analyst/Director

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$17,600* Total Tuition
As few as 16 months Duration
44 Credit Hours
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The Eastern Washington University School of Business is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB).

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Tuition

Gain high-value skills at an affordable tuition

The EWU MBA data analytics online program offers the same affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition to students residing in and out of the state of Washington.

Tuition breakdown:

$400 Per Credit Hour
$17,600* Total Tuition
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Program Per Credit Hour Per 4-Credit Hour Course Per Program
MBA Data Analytics $400 $1,600 $17,600*

Application Fee: $75

*Tuition and fees subject to change. Total program cost does not include foundation courses. If foundation courses are required, the cost will be added to the total program cost.

Tuition breakdown:

$400 Per Credit Hour
$17,600* Total Tuition

Calendar

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The online MBA with a Data Analytics Concentration is designed to be efficient for working professionals, featuring six-week courses and seven start dates a year. View the full calendar to find the best start date for you, along with deadlines for registration, required documents, and tuition payment.

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12/16/24 Next Application Deadline
12/30/24 Start Classes

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TermProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition Deadline
Fall II11/4/2410/21/2410/30/2411/2/24
Winter I12/30/2412/16/2412/24/2412/28/24
Winter II2/10/251/27/252/5/252/8/25
Spring I3/31/253/17/253/26/253/29/25
Spring II5/12/254/28/255/7/255/10/25

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12/16/24 Next Application Deadline
12/30/24 Start Classes

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Admissions

Follow these steps to apply to the data analytics master’s program

The admission process for the data analytics MBA program is simple and streamlined. Our generous GMAT waiver makes it even easier for you to get started right away, without taking time away from your professional or personal commitments.

Admission Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Cumulative 3.0 GPA
  • Professional resume
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Online MBA Admission Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
  • Overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 or cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the last 90 quarter or 60 semester-graded postsecondary credit hours** OR:
  • Official transcript from the college/university where degree was earned
  • Professional resume

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**We encourage you to apply if your GPA is lower than a 3.0 and you have at least three years of professional work experience. Applicants with GPAs below 3.0 are considered for admission on a case-by-case basis. Please contact an Enrollment Services representative at 800-826-3411 for more information.

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Courses

Preview the scope of your business analytics courses

In order to earn the online Master of Business Administration in data analytics, you must complete 11 courses (44 credit hours), comprised of 28 credit hours of core courses, 12 credit hours of data analytics concentration courses and four credit hours of electives. If you don't have a business undergraduate degree, you will benefit from up to 12 additional credit hours of concurrent foundation courses.

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Foundation courses provide the opportunity to gain additional knowledge needed to be successful in subsequent MBA coursework.

  • Students with a bachelor's degree in business from an accredited college or university may not be required to take foundation coursework.
  • Students with a non-business bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university will be required to take foundation coursework unless they are able to show competency in the required foundation areas, based on previous academic coursework. Required foundations will be assessed on a course-by-course basis.
  • BADM 502 and BADM 505 can also be satisfied with Ivy equivalent courses. Contact MBA Advisor for details.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This accelerated course deals with the application of basic theory and analytical techniques to financial decision making. Topics include time value of money, risk and return, capital management, cost of capital, option theory, capital structure decisions, dividend policy, and the market for corporate control. Note: this MBA foundation course, a prerequisite to all MBA finance courses, does not count toward the required MBA degree credits.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
An accelerated course in descriptive and inferential statistics, including basic regression analysis, chi-square analysis and quality control methodology. Note: this MBA foundation course, a prerequisite to BADM 520, does not count toward the required MBA degree credits.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
An accelerated course in understanding and using accounting information and accounting information systems in a business environment: includes coverage of both financial and managerial accounting information. Note: this MBA foundation course, a prerequisite to all MBA accounting courses, does not count toward the required MBA degree credits.

Students in the MBA program will take the following core courses.

Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course explores models and methods of production and service management. It provides a conceptual foundation and quantitative tools that can be applied to specific business problems. Topics may include, but are not limited to, process choice, product design, quality management, principles of supply chain management, facility planning, forecasting, inventory management and scheduling.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
A career in management is likely to involve decision making based on data. It is important to be able to organize and use data appropriately and intelligently to make decisions. This course provides an understanding of the statistical and data analysis tools that are necessary in managerial decision making. It should make you aware of how data analysis tools can be used and misused within an organization. Prerequisites: successful completion of BADM 503 or approved equivalency.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course covers an analysis of valuation issues and project analysis as well as the relationship between risk, capital structure, cost of capital and dividend policy. It examines contemporary issues and problems confronting financial managers. Prerequisites: successful completion of BADM 502 or approved equivalency.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course is a study of both the theoretical and applied aspects of the marketing process. It covers the elements of successful marketing strategies, marketing decision-making and the impact of marketing on business.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course inquires as to leaders and leadership from a perspective of ethics. It asks the student to think about principled leadership through three complex lenses: personal character, accountability, and pragmatism (ethical action in an uncertain, competitive, and imperfect world). Each of these lenses reflects traditions in moral philosophy and each emphasizes fundamental aspects of leaders' responsibilities.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course focuses on the use of accounting information and accounting information systems in business decision making. Prerequisites: successful completion of BADM 505 or approved equivalency.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This capstone course requires students to use knowledge from all previous coursework to analyze, evaluate, and solve complex organizational problems in case study, simulation or projects formats. It builds on that knowledge to develop strategic thinking about organizations and their environments in conditions of uncertainty. Prerequisites: be registered in the last or second-to-last quarter of the MBA program.

Students choosing the MBA with a Data Analytics Concentration must also take the following Data Analytics courses.

Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course discusses data processing and business intelligence which provides a vital support to data-informed business decision making.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
Data visualization helps people understand the information within data by placing it in a visual context. As statistical results are often communicated poorly in the media, in scientific journals, and in business, this course examines methods used in the presentation of these results to non-statistically oriented audiences. A variety of software packages are used to develop appropriate data visualizations. Non-technical writing and presentation skills are emphasized.
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course focuses on the statistical techniques that are fundamental to preparing forecasts useful in guiding managerial decision making in organizational business cycles. Instruction also focuses on exploring time series characteristics as well as identifying and analyzing the components underlying a time series. Pre-requisites: BADM 503
Duration: 6 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 4
This course discusses machine learning and artificial intelligence for business. Popular machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence applications are covered.

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