Business Analytics
Business analytics provides balanced training on both the business and technical aspects of analytics. The College of Business offers an MBA and a graduate certificate in business analytics.
MBA (60 credits)
Builds the skills to lead projects, communicate outcomes and strategies across organizations, compose analytic tools and concepts to create innovative data-analytic solutions.
Certificate (18 credits)
Offers technical skill such as data cleaning, data management, data mining, machine learning, text mining, and natural language processing. Current students and graduates of the certificate in business analytics program have the option of transferring credits earned to the MBA in business analytics, the MS in supply chain and logistics management, the MSB in marketing insights and analytics, and the MSB in financial analytics.

Admissions - MBA
Take 60 credits that build the skills to lead projects, communicate outcomes and strategies across organizations, compose analytic tools and concepts to create innovative data-analytic solutions.
A complete application, including all supporting materials, needs to be received by the deadline for the term in which you are applying. Please contact us if you have any questions about the application process or deadlines.
Additional information on financial aid and scholarships available outside the College of Business can be found through the Office of Graduate Education website.
Choosing graduate business studies at Oregon State University is an exciting and promising venture, and we are honored to be a part of your future. We are on the quarter system, which means you have four opportunities a year to start your graduate program: January, April, June or September.
Admissions - Graduate Certificate
Complete 18 credits that offer technical skill such as data cleaning, data management, data mining, machine learning, text mining, and natural language processing. Current students and graduates of the certificate in business analytics program have the option of transferring credits earned to the MBA in business analytics, the MS in supply chain and logistics management, the MSB in marketing insights and analytics, and the MSB in financial analytics.
The Business Analytics Certificate is offered
Online
- Summer, apply by May 15
- Fall, apply by Aug 15
In Person
- Fall, apply by Aug 15
- Winter, apply by Dec 1
- Spring, apply by Mar 1
Upcoming Virtual workshops
We offer frequent virtual application workshops and virtual information sessions that you can join at your leisure to learn how OSU graduate business programs can work with your busy life, or get some help with an application to begin your journey to your graduate degree.
