MS in Business Analytics
MS in Business Analytics
MS in Business
Analytics
The analytics program built around real work, real companies, and real impact.
The analytics program built around real work, real companies, and real impact.
The analytics program built around real work, real companies, and real impact.
Application Deadline - 1st May 2026
Application Deadline - 1st May 2026
Starts in
Starts in
Fall 26 (August)
Fall semester (early august)
Duration
Duration
10 months
10 months
Format
Format
on campus
on campus
OPT Eligibility
OPT Eligibility
36 months
36 months
Globally Accredited and Recognized
Globally Accredited and Recognized
(Dual accreditation- Business & Accounting)
A distinction achieved by fewer than 200 schools worldwide
A distinction achieved by fewer than 200 schools worldwide
Among
Among
Among
Best Business Schools
The Princeton Review
#1
#1
#1
Greatest Resources for Women
The Princeton Review
#5
#5
#5
Most Beautiful Campus
The Princeton Review
#12
#12
#12
Best Quality of Life
The Princeton Review
Why Indian Professionals Choose the Knauss MSBA
Why Indian Professionals Choose the Knauss MSBA
Experiential Learning Built Into Every Semester
The MSBA doesn't treat real-world applications as an add-on. It's built into the structure of the program from day one. Across three client-project-based courses, you apply analytics to actual business problems in finance, marketing, operations, and corporate social responsibility. You graduate with a portfolio of real work, not just a degree.
Data for Social Good
Bring your campus to life with custom-built experience centers and themed country pavilions. From VR tours to live interactions, these dynamic spaces turn your booth into a storytelling hub. With media roundtables and press features ensuring your brand shines beyond the event.
Consult Globally Before You Graduate
Meet 30+ leading Indian universities in curated sessions built for action — from joint degree pathways and student exchange programs to institutional collaborations. ShiftED brings the right people into the same room to make real partnerships happen.
Career Support That Starts Before You Need It
Join conversations and discovery sessions that challenge convention and drive solutions. From reimagining admissions to decoding new-age recruitment trends. Step in, share your expertise, and amplify your university’s voice in the global higher-ed conversation.
Experiential Learning Built Into Every Semester
The MSBA doesn't treat real-world applications as an add-on. It's built into the structure of the program from day one. Across three client-project-based courses, you apply analytics to actual business problems in finance, marketing, operations, and corporate social responsibility. You graduate with a portfolio of real work, not just a degree.
Data for Social Good
Bring your campus to life with custom-built experience centers and themed country pavilions. From VR tours to live interactions, these dynamic spaces turn your booth into a storytelling hub. With media roundtables and press features ensuring your brand shines beyond the event.
Consult Globally Before You Graduate
Meet 30+ leading Indian universities in curated sessions built for action — from joint degree pathways and student exchange programs to institutional collaborations. ShiftED brings the right people into the same room to make real partnerships happen.
Career Support That Starts Before You Need It
Join conversations and discovery sessions that challenge convention and drive solutions. From reimagining admissions to decoding new-age recruitment trends. Step in, share your expertise, and amplify your university’s voice in the global higher-ed conversation.
MS in Business Analytics Highlights
MS in Business Analytics Highlights
Experiential learning
Approach analytics head on
Approach analytics head on
Approach analytics head on
Graduates of the Knauss MSBA move into roles where data drives decisions, applying what they’ve learned in high-impact business environments.
Eric Lal transitioned into a Data Scientist at Paneah Data Solutions LLC, applying advanced analytics and machine learning in real-world contexts.
Alec Lohr stepped into a Senior Analytics Analyst role at Experian, working at the intersection of data, business strategy, and decision-making
Graduates of the Knauss MSBA move into roles where data drives decisions, applying what they’ve learned in high-impact business environments.
Eric Lal transitioned into a Data Scientist at Paneah Data Solutions LLC, applying advanced analytics and machine learning in real-world contexts.
Alec Lohr stepped into a Senior Analytics Analyst role at Experian, working at the intersection of data, business strategy, and decision-making
Graduates of the Knauss MSBA move into roles where data drives decisions, applying what they’ve learned in high-impact business environments.
Eric Lal transitioned into a Data Scientist at Paneah Data Solutions LLC, applying advanced analytics and machine learning in real-world contexts.
Alec Lohr stepped into a Senior Analytics Analyst role at Experian, working at the intersection of data, business strategy, and decision-making
Where Analytics Meets the Real World
Where Analytics Meets the Real World
Knauss offers a STEM-designated curriculum built to take you from analytical foundations to advanced, applied problem-solving, taught by faculty who bring active industry experience into every classroom.
Knauss offers a STEM-designated curriculum built to take you from analytical foundations to advanced, applied problem-solving, taught by faculty who bring active industry experience into every classroom.
Knauss offers a STEM-designated curriculum built to take you from analytical foundations to advanced, applied problem-solving, taught by faculty who bring active industry experience into every classroom.
What you’ll study:
What you’ll study:
What you’ll study:
Applied Statistics
Applied Statistics
Analytics Programming (Python & R)
Analytics Programming (Python & R)
Data Management (SQL & Databases)
Data Management (SQL & Databases)
Interactive Data Visualization (Tableau, Power BI)
Interactive Data Visualization (Tableau, Power BI)
Prescriptive Analytics & Decision Modeling
Prescriptive Analytics & Decision Modeling
Capstone Project with Industry Partner
Capstone Project with Industry Partner
Specialized tracks apply these skills across finance, marketing, operations, and corporate social responsibility - making you business-ready, not just technically proficient.
Specialized tracks apply these skills across finance, marketing, operations, and corporate social responsibility - making you business-ready, not just technically proficient.
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Faculty Who Know Your Name
Faculty Who Know Your Name
With an average class size of ~35 and a 13:1 student-faculty ratio, your professors know your name, your goals, and your background.
With an average class size of ~35 and a 13:1 student-faculty ratio, your professors know your name, your goals, and your background.
Brian C. Tietje, PhD
Brian C. Tietje, PhD
Dean, Professor of Marketing, Knauss School of Business
Dean, Professor of Marketing, Knauss School of Business
Dean, Professor of Marketing, Knauss School of Business
Former Dean at College of Business at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
Former Dean at College of Business at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
Former Dean at College of Business at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
Eileen Daspro, DBA
Eileen Daspro, DBA
Director, Ahlers Center for International Business
Director, Ahlers Center for International Business
Director, Ahlers Center for International Business
20+ years of international business experience across Brazil, France, Venezuela and Mexico.
20+ years of international business experience across Brazil, France, Venezuela and Mexico.
20+ years of international business experience across Brazil, France, Venezuela and Mexico.
Carl Rebman, PhD
Carl Rebman, PhD
Professor of Information Systems, Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship
Professor of Information Systems, Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship
Professor of Information Systems, Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship
Founder of the Information Technology Management Institute, training professionals at San Diego's top tech companies.
Founder of the Information Technology Management Institute, training professionals at San Diego's top tech companies.
Founder of the Information Technology Management Institute, training professionals at San Diego's top tech companies.
Yanyan Yang, PhD
Yanyan Yang, PhD
Associate Department Chair of Operations, Supply Chain Management and ITM, Clinical Professor of Supply Chain Management
Associate Department Chair of Operations, Supply Chain Management and ITM, Clinical Professor of Supply Chain Management
Associate Department Chair of Operations, Supply Chain Management and ITM, Clinical Professor of Supply Chain Management
Former Senior Quantitative Researcher at Meta, where she applied data analytics to conduct UX research and drive growth.
Former Senior Quantitative Researcher at Meta, where she applied data analytics to conduct UX research and drive growth.
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What a Knauss MSBA Gets You
What a Knauss MSBA Gets You
The employment outlook for business analytics professionals is bright, and the options for business analytics careers are vast.
The employment outlook for business analytics professionals is bright, and the options for business analytics careers are vast.
The employment outlook for business analytics professionals is bright, and the options for business analytics careers are vast.
$74,237
$74,237
Average starting salary of USD MSBA graduates (per year)
Average starting salary of USD MSBA graduates (per year)
Average starting salary of USD MSBA graduates (per year)
82
82
%
of recent USD MSBA graduates accepted job offers within 6 months of graduation
of recent USD MSBA graduates accepted job offers within 6 months of graduation
25
25
%
expected job growth for analysts by 2030
expected job growth for analysts by 2030
Business Analytics
Careers After Knauss
Business Analytics
Careers After Knauss
Business analytics careers
Business Analyst
Business Intelligence
Logistics Analyst
Management Consultant
Operations Analyst
Business Analyst
Business Intelligence
Logistics Analyst
Management Consultant
Operations Analyst
Research Analyst
Sales and Trade Analyst
Supply Chain Analyst
Research Analyst
Sales and Trade Analyst
Supply Chain Analyst
Market Research Analyst
Project Manager
Marketing Analyst
Consulting Specialist
Consumer Insights Analyst
Data Analyst
Financial Analyst
Market Research Analyst
Project Manager
Industrial Engineer
Marketing Analyst
Consulting Specialist
Consumer Insights Analyst
Data Analyst
Financial Analyst
Marketing Analyst
Consulting Specialist
Consumer Insights Analyst
Data Analyst
Financial Analyst
Market Research Analyst
Project Manager
Industrial Engineer
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Where Our Alumni & Students Work
Where Our Alumni & Students Work
The University of San Diego Experience
The University of San Diego Experience
Ranked among the Top 5 Most Beautiful Campuses in the US by The Princeton Review, the University of San Diego sits on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with Spanish Renaissance architecture, terracotta rooftops, and year-round sunshine that make it unlike any other business school in the country.
Ranked among the Top 5 Most Beautiful Campuses in the US by The Princeton Review, the University of San Diego sits on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with Spanish Renaissance architecture, terracotta rooftops, and year-round sunshine that make it unlike any other business school in the country.
Ranked among the Top 5 Most Beautiful Campuses in the US by The Princeton Review, the University of San Diego sits on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with Spanish Renaissance architecture, terracotta rooftops, and year-round sunshine that make it unlike any other business school in the country.
A Campus Built for Connection
A Campus Built for Connection
Small cohorts and open spaces where faculty and students work closely together. Most students say the bonds formed here last well beyond graduation.
Small cohorts and open spaces where faculty and students work closely together. Most students say the bonds formed here last well beyond graduation.
300 Days of Sunshine
300 Days of Sunshine
The campus sits minutes from some of the most beautiful beaches in the US. With 300 sunny days a year, students are at the water as often as they are in the classroom.
The campus sits minutes from some of the most beautiful beaches in the US. With 300 sunny days a year, students are at the water as often as they are in the classroom.
San Diego's Indian Community
San Diego's Indian Community
One of California's largest Indian-American communities is in Mira Mesa, 10 minutes from campus - you will feel at home from day one.
One of California's largest Indian-American communities is in Mira Mesa, 10 minutes from campus - you will feel at home from day one.
Closer to Home Than You Think
Closer to Home Than You Think
Direct connections to all major Indian cities via LA, San Francisco, and Dubai. LA is 2.5 hours by road.
Direct connections to all major Indian cities via LA, San Francisco, and Dubai. LA is 2.5 hours by road.
Let’s Talk Master's in Business Analytics Program Cost
Let’s Talk Master's in Business Analytics Program Cost
The employment outlook for business analytics professionals is bright, and the options for business analytics careers are vast,
The employment outlook for business analytics professionals is bright, and the options for business analytics careers are vast,
The employment outlook for business analytics professionals is bright, and the options for business analytics careers are vast,
$64,440
$64,440
tuition
tuition
Based on 2026/27 rates
Based on 2026/27 rates
Based on 2026/27 rates
78%
78%
Financial Aid Recipients
Most students receive some financial aid
Merit-based scholarships and financial aid opportunities are available for qualified applicants.
Most students receive some financial aid
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Early applications are encouraged to secure your place and access the best opportunities for scholarships and admissions consideration
Early applications are encouraged to secure your place and access the best opportunities for scholarships and admissions consideration
The Alumni Network You will Join
The Alumni Network You will Join
USD develops not only accomplished professionals but also responsible leaders committed to advancing global progress. Through rigorous academics and mission-driven training, students discover their purpose and develop the capabilities to influence society at every level.
USD develops not only accomplished professionals but also responsible leaders committed to advancing global progress. Through rigorous academics and mission-driven training, students discover their purpose and develop the capabilities to influence society at every level.
USD develops not only accomplished professionals but also responsible leaders committed to advancing global progress. Through rigorous academics and mission-driven training, students discover their purpose and develop the capabilities to influence society at every level.
Matthew Dominick
BS, Electrical Engineering
Commander of NASA’s
SpaceX Crew-8 mission
Jim Parsons
Actor, Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Winner
Mike Brown
Associate head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Dr. Craig Venter
American biochemist & geneticist. Founder of Celera Genomics, Institute for Genomic Research and the J. Craig Venter Institute
Monte Berm
Co-founder, Chairperson of board of Directors, StepStone
Michaella Wittmann
BS/BA, Electrical Engineering
Led over 20 LEED sustainability projects worth multi-million dollar projects
Lowell McAdam
Former President
CEO of Verizon Communications
Ranked in the Top 50
Best Colleges in the US
(Wall Street Journal Annual Ranking 2025)
Ranked in the Top 50
Best Colleges in the US
(Wall Street Journal Annual Ranking 2025)
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+91 89853 51958
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indiaadmissions@sandiego.edu
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