Business analytics courses explore how to analyze data to inform business decisions. You’ll learn about data visualization, statistical methods, and predictive modeling, often utilizing tools like Excel, Tableau, and SQL. Topics may also include key performance indicators (KPIs) and techniques for creating dashboards that present insights clearly.

Harvard Business School Online
Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Analytics, Business Analytics, Descriptive Analytics, Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistics, Statistical Inference, Histogram, Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Scatter Plots, Data Collection, Sampling (Statistics), Decision Making, Data Visualization, Correlation Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Applied Machine Learning
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Business Analysis, Requirements Elicitation, Business Analysis Tools, Gap Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Business Analytics, Business Requirements, Business Process, Process Analysis, Systems Analysis, Analysis, Digital Transformation, Performance Improvement, Stakeholder Engagement, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Microsoft Excel, Stakeholder Communications, Technology Strategies
★ 4.6 (496) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Process Analysis, Process Modeling, Business Process, Business Analysis, Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Stakeholder Analysis, Computer Literacy
★ 4.5 (7.7K) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Data Storytelling, Marketing Analytics, Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Data-Driven Marketing, Accounting, Responsible AI, Data Management, Internal Controls, Classification Algorithms, Internal Auditing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Analytical Skills, Data Preprocessing, Business Analysis, Analytics, Data Analysis, Power BI, Machine Learning
★ 4.6 (1.2K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Risk Modeling, Regression Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Business Analytics, Risk Analysis, Business Modeling, Risk Management, Resource Allocation, Mathematical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Model Optimization
★ 4.8 (4.1K) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Business Analysis, Project Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Analysis, Risk Management
★ 4.7 (1.1K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidad de Palermo
Skills you'll gain: Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Data Management, Business Analytics, Performance Measurement, Data Visualization, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Business Metrics, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Digital Transformation, Performance Metric, Emerging Technologies, Star Schema, People Development, Data Architecture, Analytics
★ 4.3 (13) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Predictive Modeling, Data Presentation, Data Governance, Data Visualization, Predictive Analytics, Model Evaluation, Data Management, Business Analytics, Storytelling, Analytics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Logistic Regression, Data Quality, Data Analysis, Risk Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Cleansing, SQL
★ 4.6 (5.3K) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

ESSEC Business School
Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Business Analytics, Forecasting, Peer Review, Statistical Methods, Data Presentation, Customer Analysis, Case Studies, R (Software), Information Technology, Presentations, Analytics, Digital Transformation, Advanced Analytics, Marketing Strategies, Complex Problem Solving, Analysis, R Programming, Data Analysis
★ 4.4 (1.3K) · Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Business Analytics, Risk Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Decision Making, Analytics, Simulation and Simulation Software, Risk Modeling, Business Modeling, Data Analysis, Model Optimization, Statistical Methods, Microsoft Excel, Exploratory Data Analysis
★ 4.6 (1.9K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables And Charts, Regression Analysis, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Graphing, Spreadsheet Software, Probability Distribution, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Inference, Excel Formulas, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Model Evaluation, Statistical Methods, Sample Size Determination
★ 4.7 (13K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Business Analysis, Analytics, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Presentation, Python Programming
★ 4.6 (347) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Start with what you want to do. If you want to analyze customer data for marketing strategies, choose courses focusing on customer segmentation, predictive analytics, and A/B testing. If you want to use Python for data analysis, check for courses that cover Python libraries like Pandas, NumPy, and data visualization techniques.