Business Analytics & AI Report
Class of 2025
Smith’s analytics-focused Business Master’s programs give students a competitive edge in a data-driven business landscape being transformed by AI.
Our graduates bring strong quantitative, data management and analytical skills to the workplace. Employers rely on these data experts to analyze and interpret massive amounts of data, securely manage data, and use data to predict consumer trends and make marketing campaigns more successful.
Employment Data
| Total Seeking Employment | First Offer By Graduation Date | First Offer After Graduation Date And By Six Months After Graduation Date | Have Not Reported Receiving An Offer By Six Months After Graduation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-Time | Short Term | Full-Time | Short Term | |||
| Total Graduates | 107 | 21 (19.6%) | 1 (0.9%) | 56 (52.3%) | 7 (6.5%) | 22 (20.6%) |
| Total Seeking Employment | First Offer Accepted By Graduation Date | First Offer Accepted After Graduation Date And By Six Months After Graduation Date | Have Not Reported Accepting An Offer By Six Months After Graduation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-Time | Short Term | Full-Time | Short Term | |||
| Total Graduates | 107 | 20 (18.7%) | 1 (0.9%) | 59 (55.1%) | 7 (6.5%) | 20 (18.7%) |
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| School-facilitated activities: | ||
| Activities supported by career center (i.e. job fairs/conferences, employer events, information meetings, school promoted job boards) | 1 | 2.4% |
| Conversion of Internship; Internship obtained through School sources | 3 | 7.6% |
| Job Postings on school career systems, resume books, resume referrals by career center | 1 | 2.4% |
| School network/resources (i.e. faculty referrals, alumni referrals, classmates, campus speakers, treks, club events, class projects) | 4 | 9.8% |
| Total school-facilitated activities | 9 | 22% |
| Graduate-facilitated activities: | ||
| Personal contacts (i.e. previous employers, family, friends outside of school, etc.) | 13 | 31.7% |
| Conversion of internship; internship obtained through graduate-initiated sources | 1 | 2.4% |
| Online job postings (i.e. social media/LinkedIn, Indeed, company websites) | 10 | 24.4% |
| Other graduate-facilitated sources | 8 | 19.5% |
| Total graduate-facilitated activities | 32 | 78% |
| Total | 41 | 100% |
| No response by graduate | 38 | 0% |
Base Salary
| Number Reporting Base Salary Information | Percent Reporting Base Salary Information | Mean | Median | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Reporting Base Salary | 21 | 26.6% | $86,922 | $85,000 | $35,360 | $130,000 |
Signing / Starting Bonus
| Number Reporting Signing/Starting Bonus Information | Percent Reporting Signing/Starting Bonus Information | Mean | Median | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Reporting Signing/Starting Bonus | 4 | 19.0% | $8,750 | $6,250 | $2,500 | $20,000 |
The percentage of students for whom there is usable salary information is 26.6%. This calculation is made by dividing the number of job-accepting graduates for whom you have useable salary information/total job-accepting graduates. The CSEA target for reliable salary data = 70% of graduates accepting full-time employment.
Recruiting Outcomes
- Athelas
- Bank of America
- Blue Yonder
- Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
- Deloitte LLP
- Capital One
- C2 Education
- Freddie Mac
- Goldman Sachs & Company
- GoPursue
- Hand Enterprise Solutions USA
- HCLTech
- HiLabs
- Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
- Morgan Stanley
- Navy Federal Credit Union
- OneMain Financial
- XSunt Corporation
Top Job Titles
Where 2025 Smith Graduates Were Hired
| Region | Percent |
|---|---|
| Mid-Atlantic | 42.7% |
| Midwest | 1.3% |
| Northeast | 6.7% |
| South | 4.0% |
| Southwest | 5.3% |
| West | 6.7% |
| Unreported within North America | 33.3% |
Student Cohort
- Program Delivery Method: On-site
- Length of Program in Months: 16 Months
- Average Years of Work Experience: 1.58 Years
- Number of Students: 115
- Percent of Class for Whom Outcome Information is Confirmed: 93.9%
| Intention | Total Program Graduates |
|---|---|
| Seeking Employment | 107 |
| Total Not Seeking Employment | 1 |
| No Recent Information Available | 7 |
| Total Graduates | 115 |
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