Business Analytics

Our coursework strongly emphasizes business principles, coupled with corporate experiences, to contextualize statistically based analyses. You'll apply analytical tools and techniques to interpret and assess data to develop actionable insights to help organizations make better business decisions, identifying and leveraging future opportunities.

Sample Plan of Study

This is a sample plan of study for students starting at UD in the 2025-26 academic year. This is a recommended course sequence, but your schedule may vary depending on previously earned college credits, course availability, advisor recommendations, and your personal goals and interests. Please contact your holistic advisor if you have any questions.

Curriculum

• AACSB Accredited: Our dual-accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB-International) represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.
• Capstone Experience: You'll gain hands-on experience through our semester-long business analytics capstone. Working in faculty-coached teams, you'll collaborate with a corporate client to tackle and solve a business analytics challenge. This project emphasizes not only your technical and business skills, but also critical client interaction, professional communication and organizational expertise, preparing you for immediate impact.
• Technical Skills: Our program emphasizes technical agility, equipping you with skills in tools like R, Python, PowerBI, Tableau, and SPSS. This approach ensures you're adaptable to future languages and technologies, preparing you to excel with any tool in your internships and career.
• Top 30 Business School: 2025 Poets&Quants ranked UD's School of Business Administration among the Top 30 in the nation for academic experience — and Top 50 overall.

Faculty and Staff Support

• Learn from Industry Experts: Learn from our experienced faculty — 90% of our full-time business analytics faculty bring significant industry experience, providing you with invaluable, real-world insights.
• 100% of Business Classes Taught by Faculty: All business courses are taught by faculty—never by graduate assistants or teaching assistants.
• Micro-Mentors: Connect with business micro-mentors for personalized guidance on careers, grad school, electives, and aligning your studies with your goals.
• Holistic Academic Advising: Build a lasting connection with your dedicated holistic academic advisor who supports you through your entire UD journey.

Career Development

• Career Preparation: When graduation arrives, you'll find you're not entering the real world for the first time, you'll already be a part of it. With your strong academic foundation and practical education, you'll be fully prepared for your career and future. Throughout your college career, you'll have opportunities for networking, internships and co-ops, and other activities that provide you with hands-on experience. Our majors have among the best post-graduation success rates in the School of Business Administration, and our graduates are in high demand.
• Required Career Flight Plan Curriculum: All business students complete four courses (50+ hours) of professional development through the Career Flight Plan — covering everything from CliftonStrengths and AI specializations to business etiquette, mock interviews, negotiation and more.

Experiential Learning

• Study Abroad and Away Opportunities: Technology has made our world increasingly more connected, and the economy has become more global than any time in history. To give our students a leg up prior to graduation, we offer several study abroad and away programs, including a full slate of summer study programs.
• Student Organizations: The School of Business Administration offers numerous student groups, activities and organizations tailored specifically for business students. Through groups like Flyer Enterprises IT, you'll support strategic decisions and leverage AI tools to boost operational efficiency, gaining invaluable experience.
• Real-World Results Start Here: 100% of UD students complete a high-impact experiential learning opportunity — part of our University-wide commitment to hands-on, real-world education.
• BWISE (Business Wisdom through International, Service and Experiential Education) Requirement: Gets students out of the classroom and into companies, communities, and the world to lead, learn and gain real experience.

Ready to take the next step? Explore admission options or schedule an academic visit to learn more about business analytics at UD.

Additional MIS, OSC, Business Analytics Programs

• Management Information Systems (B.S.B.A.)
• Operations and Supply Chain Management (B.S.B.A.)
• Business Analytics (Minor)
• Management Information Systems (Minor)
• Operations and Supply Chain Management (Minor)
• Business Analytics (MBAN)

Related Programs

• Accounting (B.S.B.A.)
• Business Economics (B.S.B.A.)
• Entrepreneurship (B.S.B.A.)
• Finance (B.S.B.A.)
• Marketing (B.S.B.A.)
• Management (B.S.B.A.)
• Discover Business
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Rooted in our Catholic, Marianist traditions, the University of Dayton is dedicated to being transparent and ensuring student success. And with high graduation and success rates, UD is an excellent value.

To help you cover your costs, a variety of scholarships, grants, loans and part-time work study are available. The University also accepts transfer credits and credit by exam for undergraduates, giving you more flexibility to add a double major or minor or participate in a transformational experience like study abroad or co-op.