The M-BAN program teaches students to apply all three levels of the analytics maturity model: descriptive (what happened), predictive (what could happen), and prescriptive (what should happen), giving participants the ability to solve real-world problems.
Smeal’s M-BAN has a focused curriculum with a number of different courses, including:
Descriptive Analytics
Data Visualization for Decision-Making
Programming for Business Analytics
Business Data Management
Predictive Analytics
Data Mining
Ethical Leadership
Communication Skills for Leadership
Prescriptive Analytics
Implementing Analytics for Business
Students also have the opportunity to undertake a Dual Degree. This means, participants can combine their M-BAN degree with a secondary master’s in areas such as accounting, finance, management, or real estate.
By waiving overlapping classes, students can potentially earn two degrees and two graduate certificates in only two years. Choose from the following list of graduate certificates:
Accounting Foundations (12 credits)
Business Analytics (9 credits)
Business Architecture (9 credits)
Business Management Foundations (12 credits)
Business Sustainability Strategy (9 credits)
Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship (12 credits)
Management Consulting (9 credits)
Marketing Analytics (12 credits)
Negotiation and Influence (9 credits)
Strategic Leadership (12 credits)
Supply Chain Management (12 credits)
If you’re interested in the M-BAN program, participant hopefuls are invited to attend a Specialty Masters Preview Night on campus.
Admissions Essay: What are your short-term and long-term career goals? How does your past experience enable you to achieve these goals? How do you see your M-BAN experience fitting into this plan? (600-word limit)
Resume
Educational Transcripts
Video Application Response
Letters of Recommendation (2)
Official English Language Proficiency Exam Scores (International Candidates)
Application Fee: $65
There are multiple application deadlines throughout the year for Smeal’s M-BAN. Application reviews and decisions are made on a rolling basis. All aspects of the application process must be completed, submitted, and received by the applicable deadline to be considered for admission.
Tuition for M-BAN students varies depending where you live. Pennsylvania residents in 2019-20 paid US$33,354 per academic year, and the rate for non-Pennsylvania residents was US$49,146. Tuition rates for the upcoming academic year are set by mid-summer by the University.
The internationally rankedPenn State Smeal MBA Program is a two-year, residential program located in one of the top-rated small college towns in the United States: State College, Pennsylvania.
Globally ranked No. 7 in overall faculty quality by The Economist in 2018, the program consists of a small, community-based cohort of only 60 students per year. This intimate academic environment not only provides personalized attention from faculty and program staff, but also experiential project and team-based learning opportunities, and a week-long global immersion experience.
Leadership communications, business ethics, and negotiations are hallmarks of the program, as well as the ability to customize your MBA experience with concentrations in finance, marketing, supply chain, and management consulting, and nearly 20 options in areas such as sustainability, investment, entrepreneurship, international affairs, and healthcare.
Post-graduation, our students become part of the largest and most active alumni network in the world, boasting more than 690,000 current members.
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Smeal College of Business’s Master’s in Business Analytics (M-BAN) is a one-year program totalling 30 credits.
The M-BAN program teaches students to apply all three levels of the analytics maturity model: descriptive (what happened), predictive (what could happen), and prescriptive (what should happen), giving participants the ability to solve real-world problems.
Smeal’s M-BAN has a focused curriculum with a number of different courses, including:
Students also have the opportunity to undertake a Dual Degree. This means, participants can combine their M-BAN degree with a secondary master’s in areas such as accounting, finance, management, or real estate.
By waiving overlapping classes, students can potentially earn two degrees and two graduate certificates in only two years. Choose from the following list of graduate certificates:
If you’re interested in the M-BAN program, participant hopefuls are invited to attend a Specialty Masters Preview Night on campus.
Admission Criteria
The Penn State Smeal M-BAN Program features a multi-step application process, during which you will be asked to submit the following:
There are multiple application deadlines throughout the year for Smeal’s M-BAN. Application reviews and decisions are made on a rolling basis. All aspects of the application process must be completed, submitted, and received by the applicable deadline to be considered for admission.
Tuition for M-BAN students varies depending where you live. Pennsylvania residents in 2019-20 paid US$33,354 per academic year, and the rate for non-Pennsylvania residents was US$49,146. Tuition rates for the upcoming academic year are set by mid-summer by the University.
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The internationally ranked Penn State Smeal MBA Program is a two-year, residential program located in one of the top-rated small college towns in the United States: State College, Pennsylvania.
Globally ranked No. 7 in overall faculty quality by The Economist in 2018, the program consists of a small, community-based cohort of only 60 students per year. This intimate academic environment not only provides personalized attention from faculty and program staff, but also experiential project and team-based learning opportunities, and a week-long global immersion experience.
Leadership communications, business ethics, and negotiations are hallmarks of the program, as well as the ability to customize your MBA experience with concentrations in finance, marketing, supply chain, and management consulting, and nearly 20 options in areas such as sustainability, investment, entrepreneurship, international affairs, and healthcare.
Post-graduation, our students become part of the largest and most active alumni network in the world, boasting more than 690,000 current members.
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