Online Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA)

Build AI and Analytics Mastery

Chart your career to advance in a data-driven world with a master’s program that brings together leading-edge analytics and critical business skills. Earn your M.S. in Business Analytics online with Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, ranked 2nd in the Nation for Best Online M.S. in Business Analytics Degrees by Fortune.

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Our rigorous program follows a cohort learning model with weekly, synchronous sessions for joining your classmates and prominent faculty in a virtual classroom to address practical business challenges. Together, you will discover how to structure problems, obtain and manage data, apply analytical tools and methods, and generate insights. At graduation, you will be ready for a range of careers in business data analytics.

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business integrates traditional business coursework with insight into the political and social realities that shape global markets. Throughout your program, you will learn from a faculty of accomplished scholars and teachers dedicated to high-quality instruction.

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Flexible, Career-Driven Courses

Learn to speak the language of data and communicate it effectively to stakeholders so you can create, share and sustain the value it brings to the business world. The program explores relevant business analytics concepts through 18 courses in these areas:

Data Analytics & Technology

Build a strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, and AI, and learn how to apply these tools to real-world business challenges. You’ll progress from core statistical methods and predictive modeling to advanced techniques like neural networks, deep learning, and generative AI. Along the way, you’ll gain hands-on experience with model evaluation, and practical applications across domains such as marketing, finance, and risk.

Creating Data-Empowered Managers

Strengthen your ability to lead with data by combining analytical thinking with communication and organizational impact. You’ll learn how to visualize and tell compelling data stories, lead change using evidence, and design experiments that inform strategy. The curriculum also explores human–AI collaboration and ethical considerations, and responsible AI practices, ensuring you can apply data thoughtfully in complex, real-world environments.

Business Functions

Apply analytics to core business domains and decision-making. Courses cover causal inference and economic modeling, product and marketing strategy, customer analytics, and fintech. You’ll learn how to design experiments, optimize decisions under uncertainty, and use data to drive growth, improve performance, and guide strategic initiatives across industries.

Capstone Project

Apply the concepts, methods, and tools you learned toward solving a business analytics challenge. The capstone project involves defining an organizational challenge, identifying or collecting data, analyzing possible actions, and a presentation to your faculty and the project sponsors.

A Direct Path to Business Analysis Careers

With our MSBA program, you can prepare for careers in key growth sectors that need professionals with data science and AI expertise. The program positions you for success through industry collaborations with Amazon and Microsoft. You can also capitalize on valuable networking opportunities and career support that begins as soon as you enroll.

Careers That Demand Business Analytics Skills

  1. Business Case Modeling Analyst: $74,402 per year1
  2. Business Intelligence Analyst: $71,822 per year2
  3. Data Scientist: $100,910 per year3
  4. Manager of Modeling and Analytics: $103,918 per year4
  5. Quantitative Analyst: $87,903 per year5

30% average salary increase, Class of 2024

$123,250 average base salary, Class of 2024

About Us

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading business schools. Distinguished by an award-winning faculty of top professionals and an immersive approach to practical learning, the McDonough School of Business prepares students to address the most significant challenges and opportunities facing business and society.

Impactful Residency Experiences

The program includes two week-long residencies. The residencies are designed to enhance learning on complex topics while allowing you to network and form a deeper connection with the program’s faculty, students, and administrators. The first residency will introduce the program, curriculum, technology, and resources available to students. The second residency, which occurs mid-way through the curriculum, will include two courses and introduce the Capstone Project.

The residencies may incorporate training and demonstrations from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing. You will participate in hands-on training sessions and get access to cutting-edge industry tools and platforms, such as the AWS Academy, Microsoft Azure, and Power BI. These learning experiences are designed to build your skills in cloud-based IT, analytics, data science, machine learning, business intelligence, dashboarding, and more.

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  1. Payscale. “Average Modeling Analyst Salary.” Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.payscale.com/.
  2. Payscale. “Average Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst Salary.” Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.payscale.com/.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Data Scientists.” Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.bls.gov/.
  4. Payscale. “Average Analytics Manager with Data Modeling Skills Salary.” Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.payscale.com/.
  5. Payscale. “Average Quantitative Analyst Salary.” Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.payscale.com/.