I'm a freelance journalist looking to interview a BA professional about how they've used analytics to solve a business problem or increase efficiency for their company. Take me through a concrete example — tell me about the problem you were trying to solve and how you did it. This article is intended for a lay audience interested in learning more about the field.

Feel free to DM me if you're interested and I would be happy to share more details.

I am graduating with Bachelors in Social Work but am interested in becoming a business analyst and am on track to getting an associates in business this summer (which would allow me to transfer to a school to get a bachelors in BA, if needed). I am also doing datacamp practice to learn SQL and Python (and possibly R if I need it) and plan to finish by the end of the summer. I wanted to know if I have my social work degree, if it was possible to get an internship to be on track to become a business analyst or should I stick to learning the computer skills and then transferring to get a degree in business and from there get an internship?

MSBA @ Pepperdine

I'm deciding whether or not if I should enroll in this program in the Fall '25, specifically online MSBA. I really interested in this program and like the curriculum so far from what I see. Does anyone have any advice or input of this program? Or has taken it? And is the program super technical? (I'm not really a technical person when it comes to coding)

Thanks in advanced!!!

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I am currently pursuing my Master's in Business Analytics and I want to choose units that will actually come in handy after graduation. I am looking at the below units, and I am not sure which to choose. Any advice would be much appreciated. THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

1. Applied Project Management

2. Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

3. Cloud Computing

4. Running Randomized Experiments

5. Enterprise Information Systems

6. Machine Learning

7. Open Source Tools and Scripting

8. Big Data in Marketing

Hello,

I'm a MS in business Analytics graduate from Northeastern University, looking for someone to mentor me to get to my goal of working as a Business analyst.

I'm new to this field, with academic knowledge only and looking for someone with good enough knowledge in the industry to help me build a strong portfolio for the US Job market.

Dm me if you can mentor me. Thanks! ☺️

I am BBA final year student for India recent got to know about business analyst I'm really interested to became a BA . I saw so many roadmaps I also learned BRD , FRD documents , power BI , charts I know its not enough, having domain knowledge is important but i don't have any domain knowledge and few youtubers are saying that you cant became a BA without experience. still I am confused

getting a BA job is very important for me for many reason.

my question are :

is it possible to get a job as BA in 5 months?

what is the roadmap?

getting BA Role without experience is possible?

what skills and tools should I learn?

should I do certifications? if yes suggest some best courses

it would be very helpful if you answer this question.

Hi everyone,
I'm currently planning to pursue an MBA in Business Analytics, and I'm looking to build some strong foundational and practical skills outside the classroom as well. I'm especially interested in certification courses that are:

• Well-recognized in the industry

• Practical and hands-on

• Useful for roles like data analyst, business analyst, product analyst, etc.

• Either free or reasonably priced

Some questions I had:

1. What are the most valuable certifications (in your experience) for someone in business analytics?

2. Should I focus more on tools (like Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Python) or concepts (like statistics,machine learning, data storytelling)?

3. Are there any particular platforms you'd recommend — like Coursera, edX, Udemy, IBM, Google, etc.?

Would love to hear what worked for you or others you know in this field! Thanks in advance 🙏

I got my linguistics bachelor degree and thinking about switching major to BA. Any graduate program recommend? I got sql and python learning certification from coursera, will school consider it as a part of application usually?

I’ve recently discovered that I have an interest in analytics and learning the skills involved, but this was only after I completed a traditional MBA program. Is it worth pursuing an MS in BA, or should I just self-teach those skills and programming and try to get on real world projects utilizing them?

Has anyone applied to this program? I’m curious about your impression since it is new. If you were accepted please reach out!

We have a business analytics project centered around Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Here's our website: https://main.d6g022lrkku9i.amplifyapp.com/. Any feedback would be great!

I’m debating between a degree in finance and business analytics. Business analytics will definitely be more difficult, but would it be worth it considering the saturation and competition of finance field? I also feel like the odds of getting a finance job with a business analytics degree is more than the odds of getting an analytics job with a finance degree.

Which field has the better outlook? Which industry is more enjoyable?

Has anyone done an SEO challenge in their coursework? As part of a course I am currently taking, we are supposed to get to the top google results for “cy22mis546” by the middle of April without spending any money.

Here is our basic site: http://ec2-3-88-222-151.compute-1.amazonaws.com

If you have done anything like this we would love some tips to get to the top!

Hey all, I am starting my master in business analytics in September of 2022. I graduated with a bachelors in civil engineering in early 2018 and have been working ever since. I’m interested in data and its applications. I’m a little worried to be doing a master after almost 4-5 yrs of work experience. How will that look on my CV after applying to data jobs? Will I be recruited for entry level positions? And what’s the job outlook like for someone with a background like mine and a master in business analytics? (Anyone with a similar story out there?)

Those of you who got a Masters in Business Analytics, was it worth it? Did you get a pay increase or more job opportunities? Do you think it is necessary to get one?

I am about to graduate with a degree in Management Information Systems and got accepted into a program for MSBA. Curious if I should do it. Total program cost is 25k for two years.

Hey guys ! So I had applied for an MS in Business Analytics at both ESADE and ESSEC and have received acceptance from both.

The ESADE course is a 11 month course of MSc in Business Analytics while the ESSEC one is a MS in Data Science and Business Analytics.

Since my main priority is to get a job over there, which country / University would be a better option ? I've heard that ESSEC has the edge, but the ESADE program is upcoming as well. Also, is France a better place to study or Spain ?

Very stressed at the moment to decide as I've not able to get in touch with any alumni as well. Please lmk any tips or any comments on which would be a better option.

Thanks guys !

I graduated from an MBA program two years ago and started working at a startup in the operations team. Then I switched over to the BizOps team a year ago. I’m trying to better understand if this is a team I should stay with and grow or if I should switch over to a different team with better career growth. Long term I’m looking to develop skills needed to start my own startup. Was also thinking of product management. What I like about the BizOps team is using analytics and being able to see all parts of the business.

Does anyone here know how good is EDHEC business school? Am thinking of applying for MSc Business Analytics there. Is it credible? How are my chances getting a job afterwards? (in France or international).

I am an international student and recently got admitted to both business analytics programs. Rochester ranks quite well with 34th best business school and 39th best for business analytics according to US news and world report and 50th according to QS. Babson is unranked on these sites. My main consideration in deciding is employability. Babson has a much better location and both are offering internships. What should I do?

I am currently working in HR, but I am more so working on the customer service side of things. My current job doesn't expose me to much data analysis, but any time I get to do a little research and delve into more data than usual, I LOVE it. It is really interesting to me. I am also looking for new jobs and would love to be exposed to more data and analysis but am not sure how I can do that without experience.

So, I would like to find ways to learn more about it to expand my skills so that when I am looking for new jobs, I can highlight the fact that I do know a lot about it and have some experience with it.

Are there any online courses available or resources available for me to learn more? I'd be open to taking a course in it too, but I know how expensive they can be at universities so I am wondering if there are any free or cheap courses out there.

Thanks!

Hi, can anyone suggest me which university would be best for me to pursue my education in Business Analytics? And will that country be good to pursue jobs as well

Hi everyone! I am applying for an MSBA program and I recently got accepted at Darden-McIntire (UVA), and am awaiting results fromMcDonough (Georgetown). With both programs being relatively new (I believe both have had less than five cohorts each), there isn’t much data out there in terms of ranking the two programs. Does anyone have advice as to how to rank the 2 programs/does anyone know which of the 2 are better? Thanks in advance for the help