Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Data Analytics] From Drake University

Drake?s major in Data Analytics will equip you to work with companies and organizations to scrutinize data?often massive amounts of it?conducting statistical analysis and finding relationships between various characteristics and outcomes. The work is wide-ranging, from figuring out new links between credit card habits and driving records to forecasting whether a new virus will lead to a pandemic.

Individuals with these highly specialized skillsets are immensely critical in effective forecasting and decision-making, which is driving data analytics to become one of the fastest-growing, in-demand fields of the 21st century. A recent McKinsey Global Institute study called data analytics "the next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity,? and estimated that by 2018 between 290,000 and 340,000 jobs in data analytics will be created in the United States alone?with more than half of those predicted to go unfilled. Demand for professionals with this expertise is fierce. And growing.Drake also offers a minor in Data Analytics, requiring 21-22 credits in major coursework.