Program Mission and Goals

The mission of the M.S. in Business Analytics program is to offer a professional graduate degree that combines a foundation in business with data analytics that serves students from varied educational backgrounds and prepares them for successful careers in a wide variety of organizations. The M.S. in Business Analytics dual degree program serves the career needs of students across all disciplines, enhance their cultural competencies, and create an immersive experience for Elon and NEOMA students.

The M.S. in Business Analytics dual degree program seeks to satisfy several, complementary goals:

•     Create an attractive 4+1 graduate professional degree that will prove appealing to students from the Arts and Sciences and professional schools.

•     Combine a mix of business fundamentals, analytics skills, and intercultural competencies in an immersive global experience that will be attractive to a wide variety of hiring organizations,    profit and not-for-profit, leading to employment opportunities both domestically and abroad.

•     Build on the university’s strengths in undergraduate education with graduate programs that provide opportunity for our graduates to continue their education at Elon.