Make data-driven business decisions and gain a competitive advantage for your organization with a graduate certificate in business analytics from George Mason University.
Learn how to collect, organize, visualize and analyze data to provide strategic recommendations to stakeholders.
Successful organizations are those that make effective use of the data they receive: to gain insights about the past, improve their predictions about the future, and ultimately make better decisions.
Business analytics involves transforming data into actionable insights that facilitate decision-making. Mason’s graduate certificate in business analytics program improves the ability of analysts and managers in any field to effectively leverage data through the hands-on use of modeling and other techniques using popular software tools.
Students who complete at least two business analytics certificate courses with grades of B or better will have their application requirements for our MBA program or master’s in business analytics program reduced, and certificate course credits can be applied towards your MBA or master’s in business analytics degree requirements upon enrollment.
This program can be completed in-person or fully online. Learn more about the online program here.
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Earning a graduate certificate offers several significant benefits that make them appealing to professionals seeking to further their education. Among the most important of these include:
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