Business analytics courses explore how to analyze data to inform business decisions. You’ll learn about data visualization, statistical methods, and predictive modeling, often utilizing tools like Excel, Tableau, and SQL. Topics may also include key performance indicators (KPIs) and techniques for creating dashboards that present insights clearly.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Management Accounting, Model Evaluation, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Agile Methodology, Organizational Change, Audit Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Risk Management, Social Determinants Of Health, Revenue Recognition, Data Governance, Financial Auditing, Generative AI, Supply And Demand, Data Storytelling, Internal Controls, Strategic Decision-Making
Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Data Presentation, Analytics, Data Analysis, Big Data, Asset Management, Feasibility Studies, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Intellectual Property, Data Quality, Information Management, Predictive Analytics, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Business Valuation, Innovation, Management Accounting, Advanced Analytics
★ 4.6 (422) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Visualization, Descriptive Statistics, Data Presentation, Statistical Visualization, Business Analytics, Microsoft Excel, Business Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Spreadsheet Software, Decision Making, Statistics, Analytics, Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Business Modeling, Excel Formulas, Descriptive Analytics, Business Risk Management, Complex Problem Solving
★ 4.7 (6K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Pivot Tables And Charts, Dashboard Creation, Excel Formulas, Statistical Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Excel Macros, Data Visualization, Performance Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), People Analytics, Data Presentation, Human Resource Strategy, Business Analytics, Financial Analysis, Interactive Data Visualization, Trend Analysis, Human Resources, Statistical Modeling, Forecasting
★ 5 (9) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Business Analytics, Descriptive Analytics, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Presentation, Data Literacy, Predictive Analytics, Data Storytelling, Data Analysis, Analytical Skills, Data Visualization, Performance Measurement, Dashboard, Decision Making, Business Reporting, Data Mining, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Data Integrity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Madecraft
Skills you'll gain: Google Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Effectiveness, Data-Driven Marketing, Dashboard, Performance Reporting, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Web Analytics, Marketing, Dashboard Creation, Web Analytics and SEO, Ad Hoc Reporting, Performance Measurement, Business Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Business Metrics, Predictive Analytics, Performance Analysis, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Supply And Demand, Statistics, Market Dynamics, Business Planning, Sampling (Statistics), Financial Systems, Banking Services, Bank Regulations, Statistical Inference, Financial Policy, Banking, Economics, Business Analytics, Probability Distribution, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Peer Review, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
★ 4.8 (4.4K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Fraud detection, Marketing Analytics, Data-Driven Marketing, Predictive Modeling, People Analytics, Customer Analysis, Marketing Effectiveness, Exploratory Data Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Advanced Analytics, Marketing Strategies, Predictive Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Sales Management, Analytics, Data Analysis, R Programming, R (Software), Applied Machine Learning, Analytical Skills
★ 4.6 (16) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Feature Engineering, Data Preprocessing, Predictive Modeling, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Exploratory Data Analysis, R Programming, Customer Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Model Training, Risk Modeling, Data Science, Logistics, Data Analysis, Analytics, Financial Statement Analysis, Supply Chain Management, Data Transformation, Machine Learning, Business
★ 5 (17) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Network Model, Excel Macros, Decision Making, Microsoft Excel, Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics, Transportation Operations, Excel Formulas, Model Optimization, Business Modeling, Business Analytics
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Excel Macros, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Prompt Engineering, Data Storytelling, Performance Measurement, Process Modeling, Regression Analysis, Business Metrics, Process Improvement, Performance Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Performance Metric, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, ChatGPT, Microsoft Excel, Generative AI, Data Visualization, Business Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Business Intelligence
★ 4.5 (471) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Data Visualization Software, Exploratory Data Analysis, Dashboard Creation, Data Visualization, Plot (Graphics), Dashboard, Data Manipulation, Data Presentation, Data Transformation, Datamaps, Data Analysis, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Mapping, Business Analytics, Spatial Data Analysis, Analytics, Data Maintenance, Graphing, Data Integration
★ 4.7 (1.1K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
Start with what you want to do. If you want to analyze customer data for marketing strategies, choose courses focusing on customer segmentation, predictive analytics, and A/B testing. If you want to use Python for data analysis, check for courses that cover Python libraries like Pandas, NumPy, and data visualization techniques.