Earn SAS Certifications and Digital Badges with Your Degree

If you’re looking to enhance your analytics skills and annual earnings potential, here’s your opportunity. With SAS in place at more than 80,000 business, government and university sites around the world, opportunities abound for students entering the workforce with a SAS certification. In our Master’s in Analytics program you’ll gain the skills and knowledge to take exams for the following certifications—and vouchers to take them for free:

•          SAS Base Programmer for SAS 9
•          SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9
•          SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9
•          SAS Certified Predictive Modeler Using SAS Enterprise Miner 13

You also have the opportunity to apply for and earn Capella’s Analytics Using SAS® and Advanced Analytics Using SAS® graduate certificates along the way to your MS in Analytics degree. In addition, by completing the certificate courses you’ll also receive a corresponding digital badge that helps validate your skills and accomplishments, and allows you to showcase your knowledge to potential employers and peers on your professional networks, such as LinkedIn.

Experience a Virtual Internship in our Interactive Simulation

Capella’s cutting-edge virtual internship helps you to develop the skills to be a strategic partner, a knowledgeable data analyst, and a dynamic leader. Through the interactive simulation you and your teammates have the unique opportunity to work with Vila Health™, a health care provider struggling with analysis of their extensive, complex data. You will investigate complex data sets, determine the proper analytic tools to use, and present your findings to leaders in a succinct, powerful visualization, all while building vital team skills sought by today’s employers.

Access to Cutting-Edge Content at No Additional Cost

As a benefit of Capella’s partnership with Pluralsight, a global leader in online learning for IT specialists, students in select IT courses receive full business account access to Pluralsight’s library of more than 5,000 courses—a $499 value—that also includes access to Code School for interactive learning and lab practice.

Degree Outcomes

Our Master of Science in Analytics prepares you to work with, understand, and develop solutions to prepare you to pursue a career in the diverse field of data analytics. You’ll enhance skills in data sources, statistics, data mining, applied analytics and modeling, leadership, reporting, forecasting, and visualization to solve problems in many industries. Plus, you’ll strengthen your abilities to collaborate, communicate, and make effective presentations.

Career Outcomes

Common jobs with an online master’s degree in Analytics include: business analyst, data analyst, data architect, business intelligence developer, ETL developer, data or research analyst, adjunct or part-time faculty, and consultant. Potential workplaces include corporations, government agencies, higher education, and consulting firms.