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Michael Rappa
Goodnight Director and Distinguished University Professor
Institute for Advanced Analytics
North Carolina State University
• June 2018 •
analytics.ncsu.edu
Jonathan, Jennifer, Jeremiah, Mirna and Viola
Class of 2016
A new interdisciplinary
academic unit — the Institute
for Advanced Analytics — was
established at NC State in
2007 to oversee the program.
As the need of analytics becomes more widespread, there is
mounting demand for—and a growing shortage of—professionals Jessie, Clare, Max, DT and Lisa
with the relevant data skills coupled with an understanding of how Class of 2017 Practicum Team
the techniques are applied to business and the variety of critical United Network for Organ Sharing
tasks facing decision-makers. Richmond, Virginia
The Master of Science in Analytics seeks to:
enrich students with a challenging learning experience;
give them relevant skills valued by employers;
with a rapid time to degree completion;
Jaewon and affordable tuition with a solid return on investment.
Class of 2017
B.S., Mathematical Decision Sciences Most importantly...
UNC–Chapel Hill, 2016
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prepare them to be productive analytical professionals from day one!
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As the country’s first full-fledged Analytics degree, the MSA was created
literally from scratch—an integrated curriculum with a unique blend of John, Laura, Scott, Jennifer and Kelvin
Class of 2017 Practicum Team
statistics, applied mathematics, computer science and business disciplines.
It is a dynamic curriculum that continually evolves to meet the need. Disney Parks & Resorts
Orlando, Florida
The MSA is designed to be…
Intensive – accelerating the Interactive – leveraging peer- Immersive – learning by
learning curve through the to-peer learning through doing, by engaging in practical
intensity that comes from
condensing 2-years of + teamwork threaded
throughout the entire + problems from the real world,
and being totally immersed in
graduate study into the curriculum; the subject.
shortest possible duration;
Asurion
Nashville, Tennessee
Experiential Learning: The Practicum
Museum of Fine Arts projects are selected from a large pool based on learning
Boston, Massachusetts value (there is no sponsorship fee).
Holden, Ryan, Catherine, Cecilia, and Kosta
Class of 2017 Practicum Team
B2W
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Since its inception, the Institute’s students have taken on 156 projects from 110 sponsors representing
virtually every industry sector.
NFL Jaguars
Jacksonville, Florida
LEADING EMPLOYERS OF MSA GRADUATES
• Accenture • Community Care of NC • Google • Red Hat
• Ally Financial • Deloitte • IBM • Rho
• Amazon • eBay • JP Morgan Chase • RTI International
• Ankura • Elder Research • Lash Group – • SAS Institute
• Bank of America • Elevate AmerisourceBergen • The Home Depot
• BB&T • Elicit, LLC • Liberty Mutual • The Walt Disney Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC • EY • M&T Bank • TIAA
• Boeing • Facebook • Marriott International • U.S. Government
• Cigna • Fifth Third Bank • Northrop Grumman • Visionist
• Citrix • Genworth Financial • Putnam Investments • Zencos
• Cognizant • GlaxoSmithKline • PwC
Student Demographics,
Non-U.S.
19% Education and
Non-Resident
Female Employment
NC Resident 40%
47% Male
53%
U.S. Citizen 60%
81%
Distribution of Employment
Graduates by Cohort Year
Undergraduate Major Outside NC by Region
120
Other West
8% 14% Northeast
Mathematics 80
23%
Statistics
Engineering / 33% Midwest
Science 17%
30% 40
South
Economics / Finance 40%
Business Southwest
29% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 6%
Cohort Year
Employment by Major
Highest Prior Degree Prior Work Experience Domestic Employment Gov/Mil Industry Sector
2%
PhD
3% 3% Res/Edu
4% Other
13%
Masters Health
None Technology
19% 5%
29% 32%
MBA 3 or more
4% years
50%
Bachelors Consulting
U.S. 20%
74% 1-2 years 97%
21% Financial Services
25%
Sean, Keona, Deborah, Jared and Craig
Class of 2016 Practicum Team
20
15
10
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Australia Bangladesh China China Armenia Armenia Brazil Bermuda Bulgaria Argentina Argentina
Belgium Brazil Hungary India Belarus Belgium Canada Brazil Brazil Australia Brazil
Canada China India Mexico Canada Canada China Canada Canada Canada China
China Colombia Pakistan Turkey China China Germany China China China Colombia
Czech Rep. Eritrea Poland U.S.A. Colombia Colombia India Colombia Croatia Dominican Rep Costa Rica
India India Taiwan Côte d’Ivoire Costa Rica Myanmar Ecuador Egypt Germany El Salvador
Romania Peru Ukraine Hong Kong India Poland Egypt Ethiopia Greece Egypt
Thailand Romania U.K. India Nicaragua Russia France Ghana Ghana Germany
U.S.A. Russia U.S.A. Mexico Russia Singapore Germany Israel India India
U.S.A. Peru Taiwan Sri Lanka Italy India Mexico Iran
U.K. Turkey Thailand Hong Kong Nepal Peru Kyrgyzstan
U.S.A. U.K. U.S.A. India Nigeria Poland Latvia
Vietnam U.S.A. Uruguay Jamaica Pakistan Rep. of Korea Pakistan
Mexico Russia Russia Philippines
Russia Taiwan Singapore Poland
Taiwan Ukraine Spain Saudi Arabia
U.S.A. U.S.A. U.K. Singapore
Vietnam Venezuela U.S.A. Spain
57 countries of origin since the Class of 2008. Uzbekistan U.K.
U.S.A.
8
3 18
23
3 13
3 1 38
1 2
39
1 2 79
21 6
379
12 28
14 1
4
16
High
Satisfaction with
learning experience
High
Low
0 150 300 Satisfaction with
4.5
Low employment
0 150 300
/5.0
4.6 /5.0
n=507 High
4.7 /5.0
The Home Depot 5th consecutive year the MSA performed favorably to MBA programs of
Atlanta, Georgia similar cohort size in the 20-30 range of the U.S. News annual ranking.
The Master of Science in Analytics
by the numbers… Annual Admissions Report
http://go.ncsu.edu/msa-admissions
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email: analytics@ncsu.edu
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