Graduates of this MS program earn a Tier 3 SAS Academic Specialization, recognizing their ability to use SAS tools to create insights from a variety of data sources. During the program, students learn to clean and combine data sets, build predictive models, design visualizations and reports, and present results to a variety of potential audiences. These skills are formed through coursework that includes hands-on learning with real data, including practicum projects posed by external clients.