GMAT/GRE requirement waived for applicants with a GPA of 2.7 or higher.

Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Business Analytics Online

Gain hands-on experience working with data and analytic software programming, including Python™ and R, as you prepare for career advancement in a wide variety of business environments.

Next Apply Date: 12/30/24
Next Start class Date: 1/13/25
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Program Overview

A snapshot of the MBA – Business Analytics online program

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.

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As a master’s in business analytics graduate, you will be ready to complete for in-demand roles, including:

  • Quantitative Analyst
  • Data Analyst
  • Research Analyst
As a master’s in business analytics graduate, you will be ready to complete for in-demand roles, including:
  • Quantitative Analyst
  • Data Analyst
  • Research Analyst
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Total Tuition (In-State) $11,092.30
Duration As few as 12 months
Credit Hours 36

Accreditation

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Tuition

You can pay for your online business analytics MBA by the course

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke offers the advantages of a private school education without the private school cost. Tuition for the MBA – Business Analytics online is affordable and priced with the working student in mind. Financial aid may be available for students who qualify.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Fees Per Credit Hour Distance Fee Per Term Per Program
MBA – Business Analytics (in-state resident) $268.11 $804.33 $33.05 $41.75 $11,092.30
MBA – Business Analytics (out-of-state and international residents) $615 $1,845 $33.05 $41.75 $23,580.30

Tuition is based on a cadence of 6-9 credit hours per semester, which is two 7-week terms. Tuition will be capped at the per semester, full-time enrollment levels of nine (9) credit hours for graduate students.

Please consult with your advisor for more information.
https://www.uncp.edu/resources/student-accounts/tuition-fee-information

Additional Fees

One-Time Fees

Application Fee - $55 domestic/$60 international
Orientation Fee - $20
Graduation Fee - $100 (students will be charged an additional $25 if fee is not paid on time)

Tuition breakdown:

Per Credit Hour (In-State) $268.11
Total Tuition (In-State) $11,092.30

Calendar

These are the important dates for our students

For the convenience of our master’s in business analytics online students, the School of Business offers multiple start dates each year. View the full calendar below for upcoming deadlines, including when to turn in all required documents, register for classes and pay tuition for your desired program start date.

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TermProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlinePayment DueLast Class Day
Fall II10/21/2410/7/2410/14/2410/16/2410/17/2412/6/24
Spring I1/13/2512/30/241/6/251/8/251/9/252/28/25
Spring II3/17/253/3/253/10/253/12/253/13/255/2/25

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Next Apply Date 12/30/24
Start Date 1/13/25

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Admissions

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The School of Business admission process is the first step toward becoming a difference-maker in the field of business. Find out the requirements for the MBA – Business Analytics online and what additional materials are needed.

  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
  • Resume/CV
  • GMAT/GRE not required if cumulative GPA is 2.5 or greater
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To be eligible for consideration for full or provisional admission, applicants must meet the following requirements:

  • Submit a completed online application
  • Pay a $55 non-refundable application fee ($60 for international applicants and waived for military members)
  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
  • Submit official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
  • 2.0 minimum cumulative GPA
    • If GPA is between 2.5 and 2.9, students must submit one year of work experience (can use student leadership experience in college or military experience)
    • If GPA is between 2.0 and 2.49, students must submit one year of work experience and GMAT or GRE scores
      • Minimum GMAT score- 400 or better
      • Minimum GRE score- 292 or better
      • Applicants with non-business undergraduate degrees and/or applicants missing prerequisite undergraduate courses may be required to take additional foundation courses

The electronic and physical information for submitting transcripts:

UNC Pembroke The Graduate School
PO Box 1510
One University Drive
Pembroke, NC 28372

UNCP will accept transcripts electronically - [email protected]

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"Your resume is obviously a lot of times the first point of contact that you have with employers, so being able to put MBA behind your name and having those credentials go a long way into getting that first interview. It's a great program. It's been absolutely phenomenal."

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Courses

See below what you’ll learn in your online MBA – Business Analytics courses

To earn this master’s in business analytics online, students must complete eight core courses and four business analytics concentration courses for a total of 36 credit hours. Applicants with non-business undergraduate degrees and/or applicants missing prerequisite undergraduate courses may be required to take additional foundation courses. Foundation courses are listed below.

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Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an accelerated course designed for students with no accounting background or as a refresher course for students who desire to review accounting before enrolling in required MBA courses. A study of the basic concepts of accounting with an emphasis on the evaluation of transactions and the preparation and analysis of financial statements including their use in the management planning and control process. (This course will not count toward the 36 hours required for the MBA degree.)
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an accelerated course designed for students with no statistics background or as a refresher course for students who desire to review statistical methods before enrolling in required MBA courses. Intensive examination of statistical and graphical methods of analyzing quantitative information. Specific topics include frequency distribution, probability, sampling, T-tests, correlation, various graphic forms, regression analysis, and analysis of variance. (This course will not count toward the 36 hours required for the MBA degree.)
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an accelerated course designed for students with no economics background or as a refresher course for students who desire to review economic principles before enrolling in required MBA courses. A study of the individual decisions in the market economy and an overall view of the operation of the economy. Specific topics include theories of consumer behavior, behavior of firms in various degrees of competition, and government regulation. Fiscal, monetary, and supply-side policies are discussed. (This course will not count toward the 36 hours required for the MBA degree.)
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide a survey or review of basic Business Finance principles, including Time Value of Money, Financial Statement Analysis, Basic Stock and Bond markets and valuation, risk and return relationships and interest rates, and capital budgeting. Emphasis will also be on using technology to assist in financial analysis: Internet research, spreadsheet modeling, and the use of financial calculators. (This course will not count toward the 36 hours required for the MBA degree.)
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an introduction to and an overview of the essential elements of international business. Emphasis is placed on the application of behavioral and strategic management practices to global business environments at the graduate level.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course will examine explanations of individual behavior, the nature of human behavior in groups, and organizational structures and processes, especially as they affect human behavior. Principles of organizational change and development will also be addressed. The course will rely heavily on analysis and solution of case problems in addition to text and directed readings.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course details the role of marketing in the firm and its impact on the strategic planning process. An emphasis is placed on identifying and solving marketing problems, marketing strategy, and current issues facing marketing managers.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course integrates knowledge from functional areas via management of a computer-simulated company and analysis of complex business problems. Case approach requires student involvement in decision making. Prerequisite: final term of MBA program or permission of MBA director.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course covers time-value of money, capital budgeting and structure, and other finance-related decisions for corporations. In addition, the course is intended to give the student an appreciation for the role of finance within the firm and the impact of financial decisions on society at large. Includes basic microeconomic principles, accounting principles and practical applications within the business world.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an overview of methods of economic analysis applied to the modern U.S. economy. Emphasis is on microeconomics and managerial economics, such as theory of consumer choice and demand, theory of cost, outputs, industrial structure, and analysis of efficient use of resources within an organization. Macroeconomic analyses, including a review of monetary institutions, theory of GNP, inflation, and the rate of unemployment, will also be covered.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course will teach intermediate-level quantitative skills in multivariate statistics, optimization, and decision-making which will be used in subsequent MBA courses. Topics will include multiple regression, multivariate ANOVA, logistic regression, factor analysis, and linear programming. Computer software will be used.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the student to management’s use of accounting data in the decision-making process. Topics covered include: Estimating Cost Behavior Using Both Linear Regression and Multiple Regression Analysis; Short-Term Planning With Constraints on Resources; Information for Production and Control Analysis; Capital Budgeting, and Segment and Managerial Performance Evaluation. It is strongly recommended that students complete DSC 5100 prior to ACC 5500.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course covers basic programing procedures such as those in R, Python™ and other comparable analytic software. Topics include importing and exporting different types of data, managing data frame, writing basic scripts, debugging, reading from and writing to files, and conducting data analyses in business. Prerequisite: DSC 5050 (or equal).
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is a review of statistical methods for analysis of business time-series data. Use of these materials for forecasting will also be discussed. The methods surveyed include smoothing methods, filters, ARIMA models, vector autoregressive models, and co-integration models. Prerequisite: DSC5050 or equivalent.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course covers a variety of intermediate statistical tools used in business data analytics; it discusses ways to determine how well the assumptions that underlie these methods describe real-world data problems. Topics include multiple regression and diagnostics tests, categorical response models, cluster analysis, factor and latent variables analysis. Prerequisite: DSC 5050 or equivalent.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an applied course in Business Analytics that will bring together fundamentals of business analytics related to database management, data analysis techniques and business decision-making to solve a real-world business problem. Specific emphasis will be given on problem identification, data selection, model building, data-driven diagnosis, reporting and presentation on industry behavior based on the data. This course will give students the experience of working with a Business Analytics team. Prerequisite: DSC 5050 and at least one of the following three courses: DSC 5190, DSC 5240, DSC 5550.

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*Tuition is based on a cadence of 6-9 credit hours per semester, which is two 7-week terms. Tuition will be capped at the per semester, full-time enrollment levels of nine (9) credit hours for graduate students. In-state tuition with fees for students who have an undergraduate business degree and take 3 hours per term. Out-of-state tuition with fees is $37,190.88 for students with an undergraduate-business degree taking 3 hours per term. Students with a non-business undergraduate degree may need additional foundation courses. The number of foundation courses needed and the total price may vary based on student background. Rates based on 2019-20 academic year.

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