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Business Administration, Concentration in Business Analytics, M.B.A.


The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree program designed to accelerate entrepreneurial career development by preparing graduates to form their own businesses or to take a leadership role in new corporate ventures. The program is open to all students regardless of their undergraduate major. The expected results and outcomes of the MBA program with a concentration in Business Analytics are to:

Position yourself to meet the growing need for business professionals with superior data analysis skills, with the Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Business Analytics from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. This 100% online program will teach you how to gather, organize and optimize data to understand trends and forecast opportunities.

Develop your knowledge of basic analytic software programming (including R and Python™), including how to import and export data, manage the data frame, and write basic scripts. You will study statistical methods for analyzing business time-series data and learn how to apply statistical tools to real-world data problems.

In addition to building your foundation in functional business areas like economics, accounting, marketing and management, you’ll gain experience working on a business analytics team with other online students-a hands-on opportunity to solve a real-world business problem.