Overview
Data Science and Analytics plays an integral role in determining an organization’s overall strategic direction, and demand for this crucial set of skills is growing globally. Graduates can expect to play a greater role in decision making and strategy setting for their current or future organizations, adding significant value: studies show that businesses that understand how to interpret data outperform competitors by up to 20%.
New England College’s Master of Science in Data Science and Analytics provides students with frameworks for critically looking at data, interpreting and visualizing data, and applying that knowledge in real-world applications that will shape how 21st century business challenges are addressed.
Who Should Enroll
This program is useful for anyone with a bachelor’s degree, with or without experience, wishing to prepare for the emerging global opportunities in data analytics and business statistics.
On Campus Delivery
Full-time students attend classes on NEC’s Henniker campus. In this program, you will be able to
- Learn how to effectively leverage data for strategic decision making
- Learn methods to evaluate data from acquisition, cleansing, warehousing and final analyses
- Understand ways to leverage internet presence to harvest big data
- Understand methodologies and tools for collecting data and designing databases
- Proficiency in interpreting collected data using a variety of statistical tools
- Execute real-time analytical methods on living datasets to quickly respond to a customer’s wants and needs