Overview

Key facts

Students of the Applied Business Analytics program at Boston University have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with a variety of analytical models and decision-support tools and to apply them to interlinked data-inputs and large data sets in the areas of marketing, operations, product and technology innovations, financial services, and others. The curriculum covers advanced software tools and functions such as descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive modeling, text and data mining, visual analytics, and business simulations. Graduates of the program will be able to analyze data-driven business processes, select appropriate analytical methods to monitor and identify performance issues, prescribe possible outcomes, and propose optimal data-based solution.

Learning Outcomes

The knowledge and skills to better utilize available information in operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making in organizations.

Experience with various powerful emerging technologies and techniques for increasing the value of both in-house and third-party data sets.

An understanding of how organizations are using interlinked data-inputs, analytics models, and decision-support tools to better understand their operations, customers, and markets.

Expertise in web analytics and metrics, and the ability to procure and process unstructured text, and delve into hidden patterns within data sets.

The ability to facilitate knowledge discovery using data-mining and visualization techniques over vast amounts of data.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Business Analytics Foundations

Operations Management: Business Process Fundamentals

Financial Concepts

Quantitative and Qualitative Decision-Making

Enterprise Risk Analytics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , International

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Start date fall : October 29,(online), deadline: 1 oct
Start date summer online: july 2 , deadline: june 1

Language

English

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Credits

40 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Boston, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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General requirements

National

A completed Application for Graduate Admission

Three letters of recommendation

A personal statement

Transcript(s)

A nonrefundable application fee of $85

International

International Student Data Form

Authorized financial statement from a bank (original, shown in U.S. dollars)

Copy of current I-20 and I-94, both sides (if applicable)

Letter of financial support from a sponsor (firm, government, parents, etc.)

Notarized English translations of all documents not in English

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

66670 USD / year

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Out-of-State

66670 USD / year

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Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

66670 USD / year

≈ 66670 USD / year

Additional Details

Part time:

Courses Numbered 100–599: $550 per credit
Courses Numbered 600–999: $975 per credit

Living costs

Boston

United States

1560 - 3239 USD / month

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