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Post-MBA Careers: Employer Demand for Business Analytics Skills is Outstripping Supply

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Regardless of their future role, analytics-minded MBA students will need to get their head around SQL, Python and R.

Eric T. Bradlow, Vice Dean of Analytics, discusses the importance of analytics and data science skills in preparing students for a post-MBA career.

“Whether you want to be a consultant, analyst, brand manager, or entrepreneur and regardless of your industry of interest, employers need people that can sit at the interface between data science and business strategy,” says Vice Dean Bradlow.