Online Big Data Analytics Master’s Program

Created by expert instructors from SDSU’s Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA) and offered online through SDSU Global Campus, the Online Master’s in Big Data Analytics program is designed to help you earn your M.S. in Data Analytics and become an authority on data. 

In just sixteen months, you’ll learn how to compile large data sets, analyze them, and use the results to find patterns, correlations, and insights that drive day-to-day decisions and high-level strategies.

The Big Data Revolution Is Here

16 Months

100% Online

SDSU Rankings

#51 Public University in the U.S.

#23 Most Entrepreneurial University in the U.S.

#9 in National Graduation Rate Performance

Program Format

4 core courses

3-4 elective courses

1-2 research courses

Career-Ready Data Science Training

1 culminating capstone experience

Earn Your Master's Degree in Big Data Analytics

30 Credits
to complete

WASC-Accredited
curriculum

Financial Aid
available

Labor Analysis

Big Data Analytics (BDA) is a dynamic approach to uncovering patterns, unknown correlations, and other useful insights from diverse, large scale data sets. 

Across all fields, organizations are using advanced software tools - such as data mining, machine learning, computational linguistics, geographic information systems (GIS), social network analysis, financial and marketing analytics, spatiotemporal data analysis, and time-frequency analysis - to make smarter business decisions.

What Is Big Data Analytics?

Data/Data Mining Analyst — Nationwide

Job Postings
Last 12 months

84,942

+9.3%

Projected Growth
Over 10 years

$65,100 - $103,500

Salary Range
Average (For M.S. Graduates)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020

As a student in our online data analytics master’s program, you’ll work closely with SDSU’s Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), which focuses on the research opportunities that spring from the convergence of new developments in spatial science, mobile technology, big data, and social behavior research.

Data That Matters

Diverse Classrooms 
Learn alongside classmates from a variety of professional backgrounds, including social science, business, GIS, biology, public health, engineering, and computer science.

Flexible Format 
Our program is 100% online - meaning you can learn from anywhere in the world without putting your life on hold.

Top-Ranked Academics 
SDSU is ranked as one of the top 140 national universities and as a top-60 public university. SDSU is also home to one of California’s top-10 Computer and Information Science programs.

Collaborative Community 
Students and instructors work in tandem to conduct cutting-edge research through SDSU’s Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA).

Why Choose San Diego State University?

Dual-Core Curriculum 
Our online BDA program focuses on both computational skills (programming languages and software) and analytical methods (data mining, statistics, machine learning, spatiotemporal analysis, visualization).

Career-Oriented Learning 
Our program is designed to meet the growing need for data scientists and data analytics experts in the data- and knowledge-economy.

Data science master’s students and faculty have collaborated on cutting-edge research projects that include:

SMART Dashboard
The Social Media Analytic and Research Testbed (SMART) Dashboard is a Geo-Targeted search tool for Twitter messages that’s designed to monitor the diffusion of information and social behavior changes.

This forward-thinking data analytics master’s program can teach you how to:

Key Learning Outcomes

Manage and analyze Big Data applications with appropriate programming tools, statistical models, social theories, business concepts, and analytic software.

Use the outcomes of analytics to formulate research hypotheses and to guide decision-making processes in academic or business settings.

Lead organizations in collecting, cleaning, organizing, analyzing, and modeling data for various applications.

COVID-19 Research Hub
Through the use of GIS, social media analytics, and data science approaches, the HDMA is developing analytic dashboards, GIS maps, and visualization graphs to track and monitor COVID-19 outbreaks and impacts to our regional and local communities in San Diego and California.

Want to Earn Your Big Data Analytics Master’s Degree?

San Diego State University Can Help.

• Big Data Science and Analytics Platforms
• Python Scripting for Social Science
• Machine Learning Engineering
• Enterprise Data Management
• Accounting Information Systems
• Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
• GIS Programming With Python
• Internet Mapping and Distributed GIServices
• Computational Linguistics
• Electronic Business and Big Data Infrastructures
• Business Analytics
• Computational Corpus Linguistics
• Decision Support Systems

M.S. in Big Data Analytics Course Topics

Earn Your Data Science Master’s Online

What Data Science Graduates Are Saying

After receiving two competitive offers, one as a Sr. Data Engineer at Axos Bank and another from Nearmap, I am happy to say I have accepted a position at Nearmap as a Sr. Pricing Analyst. I will be working directly under the VP of product in the US and coordinating with every team in the company. The BDA program at SDSU, combined with my background, set me up perfectly for securing the position at Nearmap.

- Edward Smythe, SDSU Graduate | Sr. Pricing Analyst, Nearmap

Where Our Graduates Are Working

Google

Sharp HealthCare

Amazon

Microsoft

and more!

Nearmap

Johnson & Johnson

Apple

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