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Your path to a data-centered future.

The MS in Business Analytics and Data Science (MS BAnDS) is a nationally ranked STEM program that offers students practical data analysis experience by applying knowledge acquired in classrooms to solving real-world business problems. We use state-of-the-art enterprise-level analytics software from multiple vendors. Beyond 23 credit hours of core courses, students have the choice of specializing in various options such as marketing analytics, healthcare analytics, advanced data science or cybersecurity analytics.

The opportunity is endless

Our program provides great advantages in the competitive job market where companies like Amazon, Capital One, Apple, FedEx, General Motors, Humana, Chase, J.P. Morgan, Walmart, WWF and others recruit our students on a regular basis.


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National champions

MS BAnDS students Josias Hernandez Perez, Srikaran Anand, Bennett Frohock and Edgar Castillo Garza won the 2024 Data 4 Good Case Competition at Purdue University. The team secured a $5,000 cash prize while analyzing real-world data to create positive outcomes.
Four MS BAnDS students hold an oversized check after winning the Data 4 Good competition.

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Awards and honors

MS BAnDS students excel at MWSUG conference

November 22, 2024

Oklahoma State University business analytics graduate students demonstrated their research acumen and earned two Best Presentation awards at the 2024 MidWest SAS Users Group Conference.

OSU business analytics team places third to win $10K at Humana-Mays competition

November 20, 2024

For the second consecutive year, an OSU business analytics team finished in the top 3 of the Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition.

OSU MS BAnDS student earns top-five paper award at prestigious SESUG Conference

September 30, 2024

Harish Palakurthi, a second-year MS BAnDS student, earned a top-five paper award at the prestigious Southeast SAS Users Group Conference held Sept. 22-24 in Bethesda, Maryland.

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