An overview of current business analytics programs across US AACSB schools

Abstract

Business analytics education has been on the rise in business schools due to the interdisciplinary nature of the discipline and its prevalence for business applications in the industry. Despite the topic’s popularity, very few studies have examined the current trends, existing degree programs, faculty, and their area of expertise for business analytics education at AACSB business schools from a holistic point of view. This pedagogical paper intends to provide relevant information and summarized statistics from the following four main areas: (1) A literature review of business analytics education trends in recent years and other commonly framed or related terms; (2) In terms of data, we reviewed the past 8 years of trends in business analytics education using the annual AACSB report, specifically in terms of the number of business analytics-related programs and positions offered; (3) An examination of each of the 500+ AACSB schools in the US and their undergraduate and graduate degrees offered in business analytics; and (4) A summary of the common areas of expertise and compositions of faculty teaching business analytics among schools offering such programs.