Institute for Advanced Analytics
The Institute for Advanced Analytics is the data science graduate school of North Carolina State University, a public research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 2007 by Dr. Michael Rappa, and supported by a donation from SAS founder James Goodnight, the Institute was the first graduate program in the United States to offer a Masters degree in data analytics.[1] The program is widely considered to be a model for analytics education in higher education and one of the preeminent analytics programs in the United States.[2][3]
MSA Program[edit]
The school awards one degree, the Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) degree as a full-time, 10 month, intensive residential program. The school enrolls a class of around 120 MSA students annually. The program employs a cohort-based learning structure with a particular emphasis on teamwork and personalized coaching. The curriculum culminates in an 8 month long practicum project using real world data provided by various sponsoring organizations from industry or government.[4]
Admissions[edit]
Admission to the MSA program is highly selective. For the class of 2019, the program received 1,113 applications to create a final cohort of 114 students. The acceptance rate was 14%.[5]
| Type | Public graduate program |
|---|---|
| Established | 2007 |
| Founder | Michael Rappa |
Parent institution | North Carolina State University |
| Students | 114 |
| Postgraduates | 114 MSA[6] |
| Location | , , 35°46′24″N 78°40′36″W / 35.773324°N 78.676803°WCoordinates: 35°46′24″N 78°40′36″W / 35.773324°N 78.676803°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Website | analytics |
Campus[edit]
The institute is housed in a 26,000 square foot suite in the Alliance One building on Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University[7]. The James B. Hunt Jr. Library is located nearby.
Rankings and Accolades[edit]
In 2017, the Institute for Advanced Analytics was one of three finalists for INFORMS's UPS George D. Smith Prize awarded annually to an academic department or program for effective and innovative preparation of students to be good practitioners of operations research and analytics.[8]
In the Harvard Business Review, Thomas Davenport and D.J. Patil refer to the NC State and the Institute for Advanced Analytics as one of few universities with proven strengths in analytics. They advise companies in need of analytics talent to focus their recruiting at these programs. [9]
In Forbes magazine, Jim Goodnight refers to the Institute for Advanced Analytics as being the most successful university based program for teaching analytics.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "About the Institute – Master of Science in Analytics | Institute for Advanced Analytics". analytics.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ↑ "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century". Harvard Business Review. 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ↑ "Master of Science in Analytics – Master of Science in Analytics | Institute for Advanced Analytics". analytics.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ↑ "Practicum Sponsorship – Master of Science in Analytics | Institute for Advanced Analytics". analytics.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ↑ "MSA Admissions Report – Master of Science in Analytics | Institute for Advanced Analytics". analytics.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
- ↑ https://analytics.ncsu.edu/?page_id=2807
- ↑ "Alliance Building Opens – Master of Science in Analytics | Institute for Advanced Analytics". analytics.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
- ↑ INFORMS. "Institute for Advanced Analytics, North Carolina State University". INFORMS. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ↑ "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century". Harvard Business Review. 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
- ↑ High, Peter. "An Interview With The Godfather Of Data Analytics, SAS's Jim Goodnight". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
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