Master's in Business Analytics
At Leeds School of Business, we transform students into data experts who can analyze and translate data into actionable insights. Our MS in Business Analytics (MSBA) provides technical and quantitative training, while keeping pace with emerging developments in operations research, computer science and statistical methods.
But our MSBA goes even further than that.
Explore your interests with one of three specialized tracks: Decision Science, Marketing Analytics, and Healthcare Analytics. It’s a gateway toward adding depth to your business analytics skill set and increasing your marketability for a variety of workplaces and careers.
Earn your degree from a foremost MSBA program, led by renowned professors in analytics research and innovation. Our innovative program design is shared with business schools across the country.
- Employment growth and demand for experts in decision science is high.
- Explore roles in optimization modeling, supply chain analytics and process analytics.
- Employment growth and demand for experts in healthcare analytics is high.
- No. 5 Healthcare Analytics Program in the U.S. (Analytics Degrees 2024)
- Explore roles in healthcare informatics, systems development life cycle and healthcare analytics.
- Employment growth and demand for marketing analytics experts is high.
- Explore roles in market intelligence, digital advertising and customer analytics.
Program Features
- No coding or technical background required.
- GMAT/GRE test scores optional.
- Automatic admission granted to currently enrolled CU undergraduate seniors with a Leeds major or minor who have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
- Starts in July and can be completed in 10 months (full-time, in-person) or 2 years (part-time, online).
- STEM-designated degree program.
- Three tracks to choose from: Decision Science, Marketing Analytics, and Healthcare Analytics.
- Curriculum teaches students how to translate data into strategic business decisions.
- Technical, quantitative and statistically intensive; data architecture, functional analytic problem solving, and soft-skills development.
"Being able to choose a track that spoke to my strengths made the Leeds master’s program stand out. The marketing track gave me enough of the data and analytics to be dangerous, while offering the flexibility needed to find my own career path.”
~ Josh Ortega (MSBA’21)
Certification Analyst, City and County of Denver
"My master’s program is showing me how to leverage my data analytics and data science skills to help solve social issues.”
~ Marie Axalan (Fin'21, MSBA'22)
Automation Engineer, Roboyo
Pride Points
North American Business School Based on Faculty Research Contributions
The UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings, 2020 to 2024
Sustainability in the U.S.
QS World University, 2024
Healthcare Analytics Program in the U.S.
Analytics Degrees, 2024
STEM-designated
degree program
Boulder CO, Best Places to Live for Quality of Life in the U.S.
U.S. News & World Report, 2024
Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 7, 2024
Round 2: December 2, 2024
Round 3: February 3, 2025
Final International Deadline: February 5, 2025
Final Domestic Deadline:Accepting applications until the cohort is filled, contact us at leedsgrad@colorado.edu