Program Overview

Combined Business Analytics Degrees

Program Overview

The Combined Business Analytics Degrees program at the University of North Texas (UNT) offers a comprehensive education in business analytics, preparing students to become leaders in data-driven decision-making. The program combines a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and a Master of Science (M.S.) in Business Analytics, providing students with a solid foundation in business fundamentals and in-depth knowledge of statistical analysis and modeling methods.

Program Details

• Program Type: Combined B.B.A. and M.S. in Business Analytics
• Major: Business Analytics
• Grad Track: Yes
• Format: On-campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 5-6 years
• Credit Hours: 156

Program Description

The program provides students with an understanding of business fundamentals and the in-depth knowledge of statistical analysis and modeling methods, tools, and techniques to help convert data into actionable insights. The Master of Science in Business Analytics is designed to provide an appropriate base of knowledge for entry into the data science, business analytics, data engineering, or business intelligence fields.

Benefits of Grad Track

• Earn your M.S. in less time
• Cut expenses as you will be charged undergraduate tuition rates
• Prepares you for the rigors of graduate-level coursework while still an undergraduate
• Provides uninterrupted continuity of the knowledge gained as an undergraduate to graduate-level courses

Marketable Skills

• Teamwork
• Oral and written communication
• Ethical business and analytics application
• Mathematical modeling tool competence
• Assist with business problem analysis/resolution
• Simulation/mathematical models development
• Use analytics to solve business problems
• Digital data sources access/analysis
• Mathematical estimation, inference, and forecasting

Program Highlights

• Regularly scheduled tutoring sessions during the fall and spring semesters
• Networking opportunities through the student chapter of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Association for Information Systems student chapter, and the Professional Leadership Program
• UNT's location in the Dallas-Fort Worth area provides a wealth of career, networking, and internship opportunities
• More than 700 companies have offered paid internships to UNT business students over the past three years
• Corporate and academic partnerships with companies like Fidelity Investments, CitiBank, PepsiCo, StateFarm, Dell, Google Cloud, and more
• Faculty members are outstanding teachers and renowned researchers recognized as thought leaders in the field of business analytics

Career Outcomes

• Business Intelligence Specialist
• Data Analyst
• Data Engineer
• Data Scientist
• And many more...

Big Name Companies that Hire Our Graduates

• Texas Instruments
• Toyota
• PepsiCo
• Hitachi
• IBM

Average Salary

• $86,000 (average ITDS graduate student salary reported within 90 days of graduation)

Courses You Could Take

• Introduction to Data Mining (3 hrs)
• Analytics for Decision Making (3 hrs)
• Model-Based Business Intelligence (3 hrs)
• Predictive Analytics and Business Forecasting (3 hrs)
• Artificial Intelligence in Business (3 hrs)
• Modeling for Business Intelligence (3 hrs)