MS in Business Analytics and Risk Management (full-time)
The STEM-designated Master of Science in Business Analytics and Risk Management program prepares you to navigate uncertainties across evolving markets. Convert raw data into actionable insights, protect shareholder value by managing risk, and position your organization to leverage uncertain outcomes.
Identify, analyze, and reduce risk to improve business decision making. Build the skills to identify and quantify business problems, uncover potential approaches, and create and implement business solutions. With business analytics and risk management as the foundation of the curriculum, graduate ready to lead in volatile environments.
Program Details
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Program Features
Quantitative skills
Gain knowledge on various tools used to acquire and analyze data, derive insights from the data, and effectively communicate the results for better decision-making in a volatile business environment.
Business analytics
Learn and quantify multiple dimensions of business problems in sectors like manufacturing, retail, transportation, finance, information technology, and health care. Uncover potential approaches to develop and deploy business solutions.
Solutions to business challenges
Master necessary analytical methodologies to make smart, informed decisions and tackle complex business challenges.
STEM-designated curriculum
Includes a STEM-designation, providing you with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills that today’s employers demand. The STEM designation offers an Optional Practical Training STEM Extension benefit.
Johns Hopkins in D.C.
Carey Business School’s new D.C. location at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW is designed for the academic needs of today and the future. This state-of-the-art Johns Hopkins location creates new opportunities for research, education, and public engagements, giving you the powerful combination of the distinctive Hopkins advantage in the heart of Washington, D.C.
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- 683 average GMAT
- 334 average GRE
- 47% female / 53% male
- 3.60 average undergraduate GPA
- < 1 average years of full-time work experience
- 6 countries represented
- 23 average age
Curriculum
For more than 140 years, Johns Hopkins University research and initiatives have helped society navigate uncertain times. This legacy underpins the full-time Master of Business Analytics and Risk Management. Use cutting-edge analytics tools to study risk from multiple perspectives and make smart, informed decisions to lead through change.
“I am still in contact with professors from the BARM program, today. Professors would go above and beyond for students to ensure we were set up for success by providing us with insights on what courses and electives would be a good fit based on what we wanted to do, and recommend books and podcasts to help us keep up with the industry we were most interested in.”
Molly Whitehead, MS in Business Analytics and Risk Management '22
Senior Reporting Analyst, American Express
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Modern, interconnected global businesses need leaders like you – leaders who have the analytical capabilities to understand complex problems and their underlying causes, the necessary skills to interpret and analyze data for evidence-based decision-making in various fields, and the courage to make difficult decisions supported by data and protect more than the bottom line.
The STEM-designated full-time Master of Science in Business Analytics and Risk Management program will train you to become a business leader ready to navigate risk and uncertainty in the workplace. Our curriculum empowers you to respond and prepare for risk-related threats and uncertainties through data analytics and scenario planning.
Required courses (24 credits):
Business foundations (18 credits)
- BU.210.620 Accounting and Financial Reporting
- BU.520.601 Business Analytics
- BU.120.601 Business Communication
- BU.131.601 Business Leadership and Human Values
- BU.231.620 Corporate Finance
- BU.410.620 Marketing Management
- BU.680.620 Operations Management
- BU.510.601 Statistical Analysis
- BU.510.615 Python for Data Analysis
Functional core (6 credits)
- BU.520.620 Advanced Business Analytics
- BU.510.650 Data Analytics
- BU.520.710 Big Data Machine Learning
Electives (12 credits):
Quantitative electives (Students choose a minimum of 2 courses, 4 credits)
- BU.232.650 Continuous Time Finance
- BU.450.760 Customer Analytics
- BU.330.780 Data Science and Business Intelligence
- BU.520.650 Data Visualization
- BU.610.630 Pricing and Insuring Risk
- BU.450.740 Retail Analytics
- BU.610.760 Supply Chain Analytics
- BU.330.760 Deep Learning with Unstructured Data
- BU.610.615 Simulation for Business Applications
General electives
- BU.610.730 Contracting: Incentive, Design, and Analytics
- BU.231.720 Corporate Governance
- BU.610.705 Crisis Management
- BU.330.730 Cybersecurity
- BU.520.701 Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks
- BU.230.750 Financial Crises and Contagion
- BU.300.620 Managing Complex Projects
- BU.230.730 Managing Financial Risk
- BU.610.710 Sustainable Supply Chains
Program Comparison
- In-person classes
- Courses held in Washington, D.C
- STEM-designated curriculum
- Complete your degree in one year
- Online, flexible format
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
- Curriculum includes blend of traditional and project-based courses
- Complete your degree in two years
- In-person classes
- Courses held in Washington, D.C
- STEM-designated curriculum
- Complete your degree in one year
Signature experiences
Your business education doesn’t end in the classroom. Step out of your comfort zone as you partner with students across Johns Hopkins and businesses to take your learning to the next level.
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Throughout your program and beyond, Carey career and leadership coaches and employer relations industry specialists provide you with the support, resources, and opportunities you need to achieve your unique career goals.
Graduates of this program work in a variety of industries including operations and logistics. Here are just a few organizations where program alumni are making an impact.
Companies (sample)
- Berkeley Research Group
- Capital One
- China Industrial Bank
- Deloitte
- EcoLife Technologies
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Johns Hopkins University
- JP Morgan Chase & Company
- PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC)
- TD Bank
- The World Bank Group
- UBS AG
- World Bank Group
- World Blockchain Forum
Titles (sample):
- Analyst
- Assistant to CFO
- Business Operations Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Credit Risk Analyst
- Consultant
- Full-Stack Developer
- Retail Supply Production Leader
- Risk Management Coordinator
- Risk Manager
- Sr. Data Scientist
- MarCom Specialist
- Market Analyst
- Statistical Analyst
- Valuation Associate
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