Master of Science - MS Business Analytics The University of Alabama

The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, is designed to assist students in obtaining expertise in the field of business analytics. It aims at training students to convert data into actionable insights, allowing organizations to make data-driven recommendations. The program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that blends areas of statistics, data management, predictive modeling, optimization, and more. In addition, it equips students with necessary computational and business communication skills. Over an academic year, students will interact with industry professionals, tackle real-world case studies, and work on a capstone project. It fosters an environment for students to advance their skills and apply their classroom learnings into business practice. On completing the program, students are prepared for careers in fields such as marketing, operations, and financial analysis among others.

The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the University of Alabama System. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

The university offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctoral degrees. The only publicly supported law school in the state is at UA. Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology, communication and information sciences, metallurgical engineering, music, Romance languages, and social work.

The school was a center of activity during the American Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. The University of Alabama varsity football program (nicknamed the Crimson Tide), inaugurated in 1892, ranks as one of the ten best in US history. In a 1913 speech president George H. Denny extolled the university as the "capstone of the public school system in the state", thereby establishing the university's current nickname, The Capstone. Alumni and faculty include 59 Goldwater Scholars, 15 Rhodes Scholars, 16 Truman Scholars, 36 Hollings Scholars, and 16 Boren Scholars.