Dear candidate,

Business Analytics is currently one of the hottest buzzwords among corporate and businesses world over. It essentially refers to processes and techniques which convert data into knowledge and insights that drive business decisions. MBA in Business Analytics will help you acquire knowledge and expertise on numerous analytical tools and use them to collect and analyze data for generation of business intelligence and support of different functional areas in an organization.

Top 10 Colleges/Institutes for MBA in Business Analytics in India

• ISB Hyderabad, Telangana

• Narsee Monjee School of Management - Bangalore,Karnataka

• Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development Pune, Maharashtra

• IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal

• SP Jain School of Global Management,  Maharashtra

• Aegis School of Business - Mumbai, Maharashtra

• IIM Calcutta, West Bengal

• IIM Bangalore, Karnataka

• IIM Ahmedabad, Gujarat

• Mumbai International School of Business - Bocconi Maharashtra

Topics covered may vary from institute to institute, but apart from the core subjects generally taught in MBA, the important areas taught in this course, are:

• Data Analytics Basics

• Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis

• Applied Statistics

• Query Languages

• Business Analytics Application

• Big Data Analytics

• Data Cleaning, Normalization, and Data Mining

• Data Visualization

• Applied Business Intelligence

• Statistical Communication

• Social and Web Analytics

• Industry Applications of Analytics

• Legal Aspects of Business

MBA courses are usually full-time, spanning two years, and may also include internship, dissertation, industry visit, hands-on training in analytics laboratories, live case studies, professional certifications, and such.

Eligibility Criteria

You will generally need 50% marks in graduation from a recognized university to apply for these courses. You may need to have CAT, MAT, GMAT, XAT scores or have to appear for the entrance examination of the institute. Some colleges may only accept students who have degrees like B.E., B. Tech., B. Sc. in Physics or Chemistry or Mathematics, B. A. in Economics or Statistics, B. Com, BBA etc. Some others may also prefer work experience.

Career options

After successfully completing the MBA, you can easily secure jobs as

• Business Analyst
• Business Analyst Industry Expert
• Business Analyst Project Manager
• Data Analyst and/or SAS Programmer
• Big Data Analyst (Big Data is a complex and large data set that reveals many patterns, trends, and associations)
• Data Warehousing Expert
• Business Intelligence Expert
• Data Mining Expert

Industries such as financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, oil and gas, telecom, social media, sports, gaming, e-governance, and e-commerce will offer adequate employment scope for you.

Some of the well-known employers are Accenture, HP, IBM, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services, American Express, and so on.

Hope the answer is helpful.

All the best!

Hey Akshta Gupta,

Well there are many platforms to learn or get certified in the Business Intelligence and Business Analyst courses. The Top Certification for this course are:

1. Coursera

2. Institute of business analyst training 

3. edX

4. Techcanvass

5. NIIT

6. Udemy

7. IMS Proschool.

These are some of the best platforms for getting certified in Business Analyst course. 

Hello aspirant,

both of the courses have excellent scope. Business analytics tend more towards e commerce and the IT companies will be available for your recruitment. TCS, infosys, wipro and other IT giants too look for students who has good grasp over business analytics. You can also get higher education in business analytics as well.

Now, while business analytics is speedily becoming a growing stream, marketing has been always there in management. You will have much more competitors looking for same job role but there is a security since marketing is an established stream for long years.

Go through the coursework of both and choose which fanices you the most,

All the best!

Dear candidate,

BBA stands for Bachelor of Business Management. It is an undergraduate level Bachelor’s Degree program.

However, there also exists certain BBA programs, which focus on a particular field/discipline. Such BBA courses are known as specialization programs.

BBA in Business Analytics is one such specialization course. This program focuses on the domain of business analytics.

BBA in Business Analytics course covers general management subjects. Along with them, the course also covers subjects related to the field of business analytics.

Here’s an overview of BBA in Business Analytics course –

Name of the course: BBA in Business Analytics

Type of course: Bachelor’s Degree course

Duration: 3 years

Eligibility: Passed 10+2 from a recognized board

Business Analytics deals with the study, analysis and interpretation of big data of organizations and businesses. It is an important part of management science.

In organizations and businesses, decision making process is largely dependent on Business Analytics! Business Analytics, if carried out the right way, can help companies put the right foot forward!

Business Analytics is based on data and statistical methods. It focuses on using a set of metrics to investigate an organization’s/a business’ past performance in order to gain valuable insight and carry out business planning (for the future).

In simple terms, it is all about exploring and inspecting the data (from past) and using it to formulate plans for the future! It may sound simple, but analytics is a complex and diverse field. It is made up of the following domains –

• Decision analytics
• Descriptive analytics
• Predictive analytics
• Prescriptive analytics

BBA in Business Analytics course trains students in the above mentioned areas. The course trains students and turns them into skilled business analytics professionals.

Here are some of the important subjects present in the curriculum –

• Organizational behaviour
• Principles of Management
• Business Communication
• Marketing Management
• HR management
• Finance management
• Business Modelling
• Data Environment
• Operations management
• Data management
• Business analytics
• Business intelligence
• Data visualization
• Programming for analytics
• Predictive analytics
• Big data analytics
• Business laws
• Data mining

Hope the answer is helpful.

Good luck.

Hello Drashti,

Welinglar's is one of the top management institute of india. The institute has 2 branches. Pgdm is the flagship program of the institute and attracts many companies. The placement is good and the package is really good. The average package offered in this college is 7-7.5lakh.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck.

Hi Akshat,

As you know an MBA in Business Analytics will actually open doors to multiple opportunities in the corporate world for you. So it would be best if you pursue the same from one of the country's best college, which are as follows-

1.)ISB Hyderabad(Telangana)

2.)Narsee Monjee School for Management and Human Resouce(Maharashtra)

3.)Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resources Development Pune(Maharashtra)

4.)IIT Kharagpur(West Bengal)

5.)S.P Jain School of Global Management (Maharashtra)

6.)Aegis School Of Business- Mumbai (Maharashtra)

7.)IIM Calcutta(West Bengal)

8.)IIM Bangalore(Karnataka)

9.)IIM Ahmedabad(Gujrat)

10.)Mumbai International School Of Business-Bacconi(Maharashtra)

All the best

Hey Ranjith,

Here is the list of some best colleges for business analytics course so please refer it wisely accourding to your preference:-

1. Praxis business school, kolkata.

2. Narsee Monjee college of management, Bangalore

3. Aegis school of data science, mumbai

4. SP jain school of global management, mumbai.

Hope you find it useful.

Thank you.

Business analysts are responsible for mending the gap between the IT and the business using business analytics tools to evaluate the processes, discover the requirements, and providing data-driven reports and suggestions to the executives and stakeholders.

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a non-profit on, contemplates the business analysts as an agent of change and business analysis is the disciplined approach for providing changes to the organization so they can bring profit to business and governments.