Business Analytics Concentration

Pivot from maestro to big-time data manager

When Alison Burchett graduated with an Iowa music degree, she had no idea that business analytics would make her career sing.

As an undergrad, she landed an administrative job with a community music school, where she acquired new skills like tracking student database records. Ten years later, she redirected her career with data management leader Ruffalo Noel Levitz, where she manages technical operations.

Now she’s balancing a full-time job while deepening her business expertise with both a master’s in business analytics and the highest-ranked part-time MBA in Iowa.