UCLA Anderson to Add Business Analytics Degree This Fall

UCLA Anderson School of Management will add a Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) degree program as a possible track for business graduate students. The MSBA will enable students to take advantage of the growing need for business analysts.

The 13-month business analytics degree program will offer courses that give insight into fields such as healthcare and entertainment. Students will also be required to complete a four-credit summer internship that will allow them to apply their education in a business setting. MSBA registrants will have a 3:1 student-to-faculty ratio, giving them ample access to Anderson’s renowned faculty

The curriculum will require that students gain a thorough understanding of programming and data management, as well as statistics and mathematics. Students will then take courses that allow them to practice applying data analytics principles to real-world situations.

Anderson’s MSBA track may be an attractive option for recent graduates, as it is shorter than the standard MBA program and does not require previous work experience.

Rapid advances in technology have led to an influx of data for businesses—and a subsequent demand for qualified professionals to sift through this data and use their findings to advance a company’s mission. The value of business analytics experts who can interpret the constant stream of information and help companies strategize based on the information they accrue has become of increasingly critical importance 

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The 11 Best Business Schools for Entrepreneurs

Since 2013, graduate business education resource Poets&Quants has ranked the start-ups to come out of business schools by the amount of venture capital-backed funding. The annual list of top MBA start-ups includes 100 companies founded between Jan. 1, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2016, that have at least one founder who graduated with an MBA in that same time frame.

Two schools dominate: Harvard Business School and Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Each has alumni running 24 venture-funded start-ups. 

And while Harvard and Stanford boast alumni at nearly half the start-ups on the list, in 2015, the two heavyweights dominated the list even more conclusively, with 71 start-ups between them.

According to Poets&Quants data, here are 2017's top business schools for aspiring entrepreneurs:

1.   Harvard Business School: 24 companies

2.   Stanford Graduate School of Business: 24 companies

3.   The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School: 12 companies

4.   Columbia Business School: 11 companies

5.   Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management: 8 companies

6.   MIT Sloan School of Management: 6 companies

7.   NYU Stern School of Business: 5 companies

8.   UC Berkeley Haas School of Business: 4 companies

9.   UCLA Anderson School of Management: 3 companies

10. University of Texas Austin McCombs: 2 companies

11. The University of Virginia Darden School of Business: 2 companies

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