Graduate degrees in analytics
Choose Your Analytics Path to a Data-Driven Career
Northeastern University’s top-ranked graduate degrees in analytics give you the technical skills and leadership expertise to build a successful career—no matter your background or goals. By tackling real-world business challenges alongside leading organizations, you’ll be prepared to advance in this fast-growing field.
The U.S. Data Science Institute estimates that demand for data science professionals is growing by at least 25% year-on-year. All of our graduate degrees prepare you for a wide range of meaningful careers in data, analytics, and technology. You’ll be able to:
- Analyze, interpret, visualize, and transform data into strategic decisions.
- Build skills in evidence-based practice, data literacy, communication, collaboration, and ethical, culturally responsive decision-making.
- Cultivate reflective practice, problem-solving, and leadership abilities to navigate complex systems.
- Gain hands-on experience working with advanced analytics tools.
Explore four of Northeastern’s analytics-based graduate programs to move your career forward.
Master of Professional Studies in Analytics - This practical, business-oriented degree gives you skills in statistics, analytics systems technology, business intelligence, process management, data governance and ethics, and storytelling with data.
Master of Science in Data Science - This interdisciplinary degree for deep technical and data science expertise teaches you programming for data, algorithms, machine learning, data engineering, and working with large-scale structured/unstructured data.
Master of Science in Data Analytics Engineering - This technical, engineering-focused degree prepares you to manage, analyze, and visualize large datasets so you can turn raw data into actionable insights that improve systems, processes, products, and business decisions.
Master of Science in Applied Quantitative Methods and Social Analysis - This interdisciplinary degree in the social sciences combines quantitative methods with social theory to examine social systems, equity, behavior, and policy through data.
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MPS in Analytics
- Complete a project with a sponsoring organization to build your analytics portfolio.
- Available full or part-time in Boston, Arlington, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Toronto, Vancouver, Miami, or online.
- This is a flexible STEM-designated program.
- Earn your degree in one to 1.5 years.
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