The less experience and education you’ve earned in the field, the harder it will be for you to earn an entry-level position that pays well.

While there’s always potential to climb the ladder internally with your current employer, your best bet to earn a good job in data analytics with no professional experience is to build your skills in a degree program—especially if you aren’t earning relevant experience in your current job.

Our online bachelor’s degree program in business analytics can be completed at your pace and is very flexible to accommodate your full-time job. We work hard to ensure you can keep working, pursue your career path and not get too overwhelmed.

Requirements will vary by employer and job role, but you’ll typically need a bachelor’s degree if you’re looking to become a data analyst.

As you continue climbing the ladder, you may benefit from earning a master’s degree, such as a Master of Science in Business Analytics.

Succeeding in a career in data analytics requires soft skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, mathematical and analytical thinking, attention to detail, creativity and ingenuity. A great data analyst has a knack for identifying the key takeaways from a dataset and understand how to communicate it to many different types of people, from fellow analysts to C-suite executives looking for actionable insights.

Every job will come with its own requirements for technical skills and programming languages, including SQL, Python, SAS, Git, Excel, R, or many more.

Some jobs with a business emphasis may place a higher value on your ability to communicate the numbers rather than crunch them. Data analytics can become a valid career path for students with all sorts of different educational and professional backgrounds, such as going from accountant to data analyst.

Data analysts can wear many hats. We offer educational programs in business analytics across the spectrum of business and technology to equip students with the tools necessary to thrive in a wide variety of potential career pathways.

Based on a few of the most common career paths for data analytics professionals, average annual salaries can range from $86,480 for Market Research Analysts to $111,960 for Computer Systems Analysts, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.*

How much you can potentially make depends on many factors, including state of employment, experience, education level, job roles and responsibilities, and much more.

Learn more about the earning potential in the field of data analytics, including estimates for additional types of jobs.

Yes. Herzing University offers multiple online programs for students seeking both foundational and advanced training in the fundamentals of data analytics:

• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a Concentration in Data Analytics
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Data Analytics
• Post Master’s Certificate in Data Analytics

Our goal is to provide you with the career-focused education you need to become a data analyst and advance your career—and make it as flexible and convenient as possible for your life circumstances.