Data Analytics Major

Paint the big picture—and its fine details—in data.

Data is the DNA of every organization. Both a science and an art, the collection, storage, and interpretation of data has quickly become a standard operating procedure in today's information economy. From cloud-based businesses or brick and mortar corner stores, to financial services or social services, it's what shapes strategies, drives decisions, and helps leaders identify areas for opportunity and improvement in nearly every industry.

Why Study Data Analytics at Champlain College?

Discover a topic you love, an issue that inspires you, or a problem that needs solving, and then dive deep into it—again, again, and again. At Champlain College, Data Analytics isn't just routine practice in statistics, charts, and spreadsheets. It's about knowing where and how to find the big picture (and its small, hidden details) and recreate it for leaders in clear, compelling, and informative ways. You'll quickly begin to understand how data tells a story as the Upside-Down Curriculum has you interpreting datasets in your first semester.

With an emphasis on project-based learning, our expert faculty are known to tap their networks and connect students with opportunities to conduct real client work in the classroom, and beyond. In fact, in this high-demand field, it's common for our student interns to get paid for doing what they love, well before they graduate.

As students progress through the program, they will:

• Guide data-informed decisions with predictive analytics and contextual data analysis
• Convert data into useful, visual, and concise information and recommendations
• Strategize using forecasts and predictions derived from statistics and machine learning methods
• Explore the broad applications, avenues, and professional opportunities in the field
• Master technological skills of today's market and how to adapt, evolve, and innovate as needed