UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics

Data > Insights > Influence

In the one-year program based in San Francisco, you’ll benefit from our deep connections with Bay Area companies at the forefront of the Big Data revolution.

UC Davis MSBAs are in high demand. The program is ranked No. 6 worldwide for value for money and among the top 10 MSBA programs in the U.S. See our placement report here.

The program has 44 units of graduate courses, including a practicum project course that spans the entirety of the program.

We emphasize learning-by-doing and teamwork on a year-long analytics project for a corporate sponsor.

• Blends data science skills with business knowledge and organizational savvy.
• Recognizes and leverages the importance of a diverse set of skills in analytics work, by admitting students based on leadership in a salient skill set (quantitative analysis, computing, business experience or organizational effectiveness) and bringing them together in teams with leaders who have complementary strengths.
• Emphasizes learning-by-doing and teamwork through a live analytics project with a corporate sponsor and faculty mentors. Integrated with your studies, the project scope runs from opportunity identification, to problem structuring, to solution, persuasion and implementation.
• Inspires learning from student peers with backgrounds in analytics and humanistic disciplines, graduates and mid-career professionals, from the U.S. and abroad.
• Unique close-knit community: Collaborate with people from all over the world who will challenge you to be your best self.
• Partners in Career Development: We provide tools and strategies for long-term career success. Our Career Development team also works with you to pinpoint companies where you want to make your mark, think about how to strategically position and market yourself, and promote you directly to them.