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Master of Data Analytics Degree Online

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Your online Master of Data Analytics degree program core courses — such as Data Mining, Foundations of Predictive Analytics, and Applied Statistics — will help you gain solid footing within your degree pathway prior to customizing your degree for your future. You can then choose either the base program, the big data systems option, or the business analytics option to align your master’s degree in data analytics with your goals. A Penn State data analytics master’s degree can prepare you to pursue jobs such as:

  • data modeler
  • data architect
  • extraction, transformation, loading (ETL) developer
  • business intelligence (BI) developer
  • data warehouse developer
  • data analyst
  • systems analyst
  • financial analyst

Cultivate the knowledge and practical skills required to collect, classify, analyze, and model data at large and ultra-large scales and across domains using statistics, computer science, machine learning, and software engineering with this online data analytics master's degree program.

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Build skills and knowledge for analyzing big data to solve business problems. Learn to design and build large-scale databases, then extract, interpret, and present information that drives effective solutions.

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Build a practical skill set that can help support data-driven business decisions. The business analytics option of this master’s degree focuses on preparing students for positions such as business analyst and analytic system designer.

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Earn Stackable Credentials on the Way to Your Online Master’s in Data Analytics Degree

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Interested in showing your progress toward earning a master’s degree in data analytics? Penn State offers graduate certificates that you can earn while you work toward your degree when you select the data analytics master’s degree — base program. It’s a great way to validate your new skills and add valuable credentials to your résumé — without any additional course work or application fees.

Finish the following three certificate requirements and the 3-credit capstone course, and you will have completed the requirements to earn your data analytics master’s degree — base program. Please note you must apply and be accepted to each program on an individual basis, but you will not be charged application fees for any program beyond the first.

This 9-credit online data science certificate program covers the foundations of data science methodology. It is ideal for those who wish to pursue a career as a data scientist or data analyst and is embedded within the base program of the data analytics master’s degree.

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This 9-credit online data analytics certificate program focuses on quantitative business analytics skills needed to interpret and analyze data to support informed business decisions. It can help you prepare for a career as a data analyst or business analyst and is embedded within the base program of the data analytics master’s degree.

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This 9-credit online data engineering certificate program focuses on developing, deploying, and maintaining data within large-scale databases. It can help you prepare for a career as a data engineer or data architect and is embedded within the base program of the data analytics master’s degree.

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Go Further with Your Penn State Online Master’s Degree in Data Analytics

An education through Penn State World Campus can enable you to explore your talents beyond the classroom. While progressing through your program, you will have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities traditionally available to resident students.

  • Engage with faculty affiliated with the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) to solve problems of scientific and societal importance via institutional research.
  • Get involved with the Nittany AI Challenge and join a multi-disciplinary team that works to address pressing global issues and build solutions using AI and machine learning. The Nittany AI Challenge is held at University Park but is open to World Campus students.

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