At present, about 30 schools in the United States offer business analysis majors. From the professional name, most schools are called business analysis, some are directly called analysis, and some are called predictive analysis. Judging from the setting of departments, most of them are set under business schools, such as UT Austin, Rochester, MSU, GWU and so on. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in the Department of Statistics and Operations. Some are located under engineering colleges, such as Northwest University and Cornell University. ; There are also information schools, such as CMU；; ; The projects offered by general engineering colleges and information colleges require higher mathematics background and computer background. In addition, MIT, University of Virginia, University of Rochester, Wake Forest University, new york University, Case Western University, Davis, San Diego, Columbia University, Cornell University and University of Southern California all have business analysis programs. The vast majority of BA masters are employment-oriented, and cultivate students from the perspective of big data-analytical work that fits the employment reality.
More and more business analysis majors began to belong to the STEM program, and most schools offering business analysis programs clearly pointed out that "this is a STEM designated project". This means that graduates will have a longer OPT time, which undoubtedly provides great convenience for those students who want to go to the United States for internship after graduation and finally gain a foothold, and the probability of obtaining H 1B visa has also increased a lot with the extension of OPT.
Ba's employment direction is mainly to be a data analyst and programmer. Specializing in the collection, collation and analysis of industry data in different industries, and conducting industry research, evaluation and prediction based on the data. Although this is a relatively new major, it has a good employment prospect. At present, the competitive intensity of business analysis is not particularly high, which is relatively easier than the admission of finance and financial engineering. Therefore, for applicants with a good background in mathematics and computer science, they can add an optional major to enter a prestigious school besides finance and financial engineering.