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.

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Microsoft Excel, Prompt Engineering, Analytics, Data Analysis, Presentations, Analytical Skills, Management Reporting, Spreadsheet Software, Business Analytics, Prompt Patterns, Excel Formulas, Proposal Development, Data Ethics, Business Reporting, Microsoft Copilot, Data Science, Decision Support Systems, Business Operations, Strategic Decision-Making
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
O.P. Jindal Global University
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Operations Management, Active Listening, Data Visualization, Working Capital, Database Management, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Sampling (Statistics), Project Estimation, Dashboard, Business Strategy, Business Analytics, Human Resources Management and Planning, Capital Budgeting, Marketing Management, Financial Accounting, Business Economics, Predictive Analytics, Financial Statements, Big Data
Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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 (5.9K) · 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), Spreadsheet Software, People Analytics, Data Presentation, Human Resource Strategy, Business Analytics, Performance Measurement, Financial Analysis, Interactive Data Visualization, Trend Analysis, Human Resources
★ 5 (9) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 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, Business Modeling, Intellectual Property, Data Quality, Information Management, Network Model, Predictive Analytics, Data Strategy, Digital Assets, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Data Science
★ 4.6 (421) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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

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

Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Feature Engineering, Data Preprocessing, Demand Planning, Financial Data, Predictive Modeling, Customer Demand Planning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Exploratory Data Analysis, R Programming, Customer Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Inventory and Warehousing, Analytics, Data Processing, Data Wrangling, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Business
★ 5 (14) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Descriptive Statistics, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Dashboard Creation, Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Plot (Graphics), Scatter Plots, Dashboard, Data Manipulation, Data Presentation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Data Transformation, Datamaps, Data Synthesis, Business Analytics, Data Store
★ 4.7 (1.1K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
Madecraft
Beginner · 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, Continuous Improvement Process, Performance Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Performance Metric, ChatGPT, Microsoft Excel, Generative AI, Data Visualization, Business Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Business Intelligence
★ 4.5 (471) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Classification Algorithms, Business Analytics, Data Preprocessing, Analytics, Regression Analysis, Machine Learning Algorithms, Applied Machine Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Unsupervised Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Data Processing, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Python Programming, Decision Tree Learning
★ 4.6 (44) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
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.