Analytics MBA

The Analytics MBA at Stevens is a STEM program for recent college graduates who have studied a technical discipline, have limited professional experience and want to quickly earn an advanced degree to compete for exciting jobs at the world’s most prestigious companies — where, increasingly, even early-career work requires a master’s.

Here, faculty present traditional themes like strategy, marketing, finance and accounting through an analytical, problem-solving lens, with an emphasis on applying data-intensive methods to industry challenges. And the program’s structure encourages your personal and professional development through career support, mentorship and business immersion.

Capstone experience

No graduate business education is complete without an opportunity to apply what you've learned on a project of consequence. At Stevens, that takes many forms — a consulting assignment with an industry partner, a research project that addresses an industry need, even the chance to nurture your own entrepreneurial venture — and is customized for you, your education, and your career aspirations.

Curriculum

The Analytics MBA at Stevens is structured around three areas of greatest need for the leaders of tomorrow's technology-driven organizations, who must be able to speak the language of business, understand how to apply new innovations within business units and across the enterprise, and interpret data to identify trends and make strategic recommendations. Classes give you a broad set of skills that are applicable in any industry.

The curriculum is further enhanced by intensive mentorship and leadership training, ensuring students graduate as well-rounded professionals who understand how the technical and specialized aspects of the company serve as drivers for future growth.

Prerequisites

The three prerequisite courses to the Analytics MBA are designed to provide a basic foundation in management principles to students from non-business backgrounds. Students may be exempt from these courses with relevant work history or an undergraduate business degree. The three courses can be taken prior to the start of classes.

• FIN 523 Financial Management
• FIN 500 Financial and Managerial Accounting
• MGT 506 Economics for Managers

Language of business

One of the greatest points of frustration for technical employees is an inability to influence decision-making, as they are unable to translate their findings in ways that resonate with the C-suite. Courses in this block go beyond the basics to give you thorough command of how to understand scientific and technical advances from the viewpoint of a manager who must carefully deploy limited resources to ensure the pursuit of truly innovative developments.

• MGT 641 Marketing Management
• MGT 663 Discovering & Exploiting Entrepreneurial Opportunities
• FIN 638 Corporate Finance
• MGT 699 Strategic Management

Leadership and innovation

Courses in this block are designed to work in tandem with the curricular thread of personal development, nurturing aspiring leaders to think critically about problems and creatively about resources in order to attack corporate missions with fearlessness.

• MGT 612 Leader Development
• EMT 695 Leading Creative Collaboration
• EMT 696 Human-Centered Design Thinking
• MIS 714 Service Innovation

Analytical thinking

Most technical professionals are capable analysts who are most comfortable delving into technical, rather than financial or managerial, challenges. Courses in this block emphasize highly advanced analytics techniques that will teach you the ways successful managers look at and use data in understanding how markets work and making better recommendations to guide the enterprise.

• BIA 500 Business Analytics: Data, Models, and Decisions
• BIA 652 Multivariate Data Analytics
• BIA 656 Advanced Data Analytics and Machine Learning
• BIA 610 Applied Analytics

Capstone

After completing the rest of the curriculum, students complete the MGT 809 Industry Capstone Program.

This three-credit course trains graduate students in the application of tools and methods used by management consultants to provide advisory services to clients. Students will work on an industry project with a team of their peers. They will scope and plan the underlying project, develop a statement of work, and design and deliver status update presentations. Students will learn how to facilitate meetings with different groups of stakeholders over the course of the project, manage client expectations, and apply their disciplinary and technical knowledge to the project.

Experiential learning

The Analytics MBA at Stevens is a learning lab that reimagines the skills a graduate business degree needs to provide for aspiring leaders in an increasingly digital economy. Coursework is a critical piece of the MBA experience at Stevens, but just as important are the experiential components that will round out the portfolio of skills you’ll use to get the job you most want.

Mentorship opportunities

You'll be matched with a mentor who shares your work interests, giving you an invaluable resource as you begin your career — from interviewing tips to identifying companies where you can excel.

Lab-driven insights

The Stevens focus on applied business analytics is something you can’t learn from a textbook. Here, you’ll use tools like Mezzanine, Bloomberg, WRDS, and OneTick to think critically about data, collaborate effectively, and create dynamic visualizations.

Entrepreneurial immersion

Agility, vision, iteration — even if you don't plan to start a business, these entrepreneurial traits are greatly valued by hiring managers. The program's entrepreneurship lab will challenge you to create a successful product and seek funding.

Leadership development retreat

Army veterans at West Point will help you reflect on how lessons in leadership can help you overcome physical obstacles and navigate unfamiliar terrain, preparing you to apply these skills at work.

Business immersion

During a week of visits to managers and decision-makers at technology companies, you'll learn about the challenges of managing innovation in the digital economy from companies like Baidu and Microsoft.

Industry Capstone Program

This capstone experience puts you to work with a corporate manager on a real problem. Working under faculty guidance, you’ll create a course of action for the company that you’ll share in a formal onsite presentation.

Rankings

U.S. News & World Report

• Top 100 Best National University
• Top 50 Most Innovative School
• Top 100 Best Business School

The Princeton Review

• Top 20 Best Career Placement
• Among “Best Business Schools

College Factual

• Top 5 Best General Business Administration & Management Master's

Tech Guide

• Top 5 Best Fintech MBA Programs

Payscale's College Salary Report

• Top 20 colleges with highest-paid graduates

Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce’s A First Try at ROI

• Top 20 in the for return on investment 40 years after enrollment

• 100% employment rate three months after graduation
• $86,061 average starting salary of all three Stevens MBA programs

Analytics MBA Careers

• Data & Reporting Analyst
• Digital Strategist
• Financial Analyst
• Project Manager
• Supply Chain Analyst
• Sustainability Analyst

Organizations hiring recent Analytics MBA graduates include companies such as: Deutsche Bank, EY, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Merrill Lynch, NJ Devils and more.