Business Analytics (M.B.A.)
Our STEM-focused M.B.A. program is your pathway to a management career in the rapidly growing field of business analytics.
Data and analytics are transforming management and driving business success. Companies of all sizes and in industries across the spectrum are hiring business analytics professionals who can use data science to solve problems, implement change, and create new business opportunities in competitive global markets.
The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Analytics program at Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business prepares you for key, high-impact roles managing business analytics.
- Build your business expertise in management, innovation, strategic decision-making, operations and finance, and leadership.
- Learn how to leverage insights from data analytics and predictive modeling to optimize operational efficiency, develop and grow new products and markets, and increase profits.
- Study with faculty who have extensive industry experience and teach with an applied approach.
- Our downtown Chicago location and connections with companies in data-intensive industries—marketing, logistics, digital tech, health care, and more—provide internships, networking, and job opportunities to help launch your career.
- Our exclusive partnership with Chicago Innovation, a community of more than 25,000 successful professionals, gives you free access to monthly business events, helping you to grow professionally and to network.
Through Illinois Tech’s one-of-a-kind Elevate program, you are guaranteed hands-on experiences throughout your graduate education, such as virtual and in-person internships, and personalized guidance from a career adviser, academic mentor, and alumni coach.
STEM-Designated Program
This is a STEM-designated program, and international graduates of the program are eligible to apply for an extension for Optional Practical Training, which allows selected students to stay and work in the United States for up to three years after graduation.
Program Overview
The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Analytics program prepares you for twenty-first century managerial careers by teaching you how business, analytics, technology, and innovation converge to deliver success for companies and organizations.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this program will learn sophisticated analytical, management, and leadership skills that will prepare them for careers as executives and analytical professionals in business analytics occupations that are in high demand, such as:
- Management analysts who improve organizational efficiency and increase company profits
- Operations research analysts who develop more cost-effective business operations and solve complex problems, such as supply chain and logistics
- Market research analysts who help companies understand consumers, engage with their customers, and market products and services
Projected job growth ranges from 14 percent to 25 percent from 2020 to 2030 for these occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook.
The Illinois Tech M.B.A. Business Analytics program encompasses key conceptual areas such as management, finance, strategy, operations, marketing, and leadership, along with development of analytical and quantitative skills in predictive modeling, optimization methods, computer algorithms, logistics, visualizations, and machine learning.
Course content and assignments are structured to connect theory with practice through case studies and group projects with businesses. Students must successfully complete 36 credits (12 courses) to earn the degree. This program is typically completed in four semesters.
- Two or more years of professional work experience
- Official transcript submission with a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- No GMAT or GRE scores required
- CV/Resume
- Professional statement (Statement of purpose)
- Letter of recommendation
- Official TOEFL or IELTS score, if required
Business statistics prerequisite: Students must demonstrate competency in business statistics, either by having completed at least one course in their previous education or by successfully completing BUS 550 – Business Statistics at Illinois Tech before beginning the program’s analytics courses.
Scholarships
Students pursuing the M.B.A. Business Analytics degree who demonstrate a continuing commitment to innovation are eligible for the Chicago Innovation Scholarship, which awards up to $14,000 over the course of six semesters. Read more about Stuart scholarship opportunities and tuition and fees:
Move Your Career Forward
“Stuart School of Business offers a unique degree. It combines business and technology seamlessly. Stuart’s program helps students prepare to be a good business storyteller with a deep understanding of cutting-edge technology.”
Featured Faculty
Smriti Anand
Elizabeth J. Durango-Cohen
Dinakar Jayarajan
Michael Rybak
M. Krishna Erramilli
Rob Nelson
Ghazale Haddadian
Gregory Chaudoin
Martin L. Bariff
Ketan Patel
Stuart Stands Out
Stuart is AACSB Accredited. Only 6% of Business Schools Globally Are.
—Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International
Only Business School in a Tech-Focused University in Chicago
