School of Business Administration
Finding Success in Change
For Marc Rumpke, earning his Master of Business Analytics from the University of Dayton has been a lesson in finding success by embracing change.
“The University of Dayton is up there with some of the best experiences of my life,” said Rumpke.
After graduating in 2023 with an undergraduate degree in management information systems, Rumpke knew he wanted to stay at UD for his master’s degree. He had a fifth year of NCAA eligibility left and planned to spend it with the football team. And because he had been an undergraduate in the School of Business Administration, he knew the master’s program would set him up for success.
“You get a lot of tools to put on your tool belt,” said Rumpke. “Your skills become more specialized, and you can find your niche.”
“You get a lot of tools to put on your tool belt,” said Rumpke. “Your skills become more specialized, and you can find your niche.”
Weeks after graduating from UD just like his mother and father, Rumpke started the business analytics master’s program on campus. During that first year, Rumpke faced a career-ending injury, and when the friends he’d made as a Flyer left that summer, Rumpke had a decision to make. He pivoted from on-campus courses to the online program so he could move to the Cincinnati area.
“You have people you can reach out to for help, so you don't always have to directly reach out to the professor,” said Rumpke. “You make your online friends, so I have plenty of contacts already from the people who have always been online. You still feel connected with the class.”
His connection with fellow classmates really came into focus while working on his capstone project. He worked with others in his class to help the University of Dayton baseball team use statistics and analytics to improve their performances.
“Each course that you take plays off of the last one, and then the culmination of it all is your capstone, where you can use any of the abilities that you found out that you were good at,” said Rumpke.
Now, with his May 2025 graduation in sight, Rumpke is looking back on his time as a Flyer and what’s led him this far.
“I knew I could be successful, and my professors knew I could be successful,” said Rumpke. “I don't feel like you might get those same experiences with your professors, especially at many larger colleges.”