Enroll Now
Thousands of students get their start at Mt. SAC every year. Take the path to your future career one step further by enrolling in our program. Apply NowQuestions?
Business Division
Degree S0845
The A.S. Degree in Big Data Analytics for Business is designed for returning CIS, business, marketing, and data analytics professionals with industry experience or students who have completed CIS courses. The degree offers a balanced set of classes that provides students with the knowledge and skills to obtain jobs in the areas of data science, data analysis, big data and data mining. Students will learn how to make business decisions based upon the analysis of large amounts of data. Students will learn about processing, integrating, modeling, mining, and analytics related to big data. Students will use frameworks, tools, services, and programming languages to analyze data.
Required Courses
- Database Administrators
Database Administrators
SOC Career Code: 15-1242.00Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. Identify, investigate, and resolve database performance issues, database capacity, and database scalability. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
Typical Hourly Salary$37.24The figure above is based off a percentile of 25 percent.
All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. SACTop Entry-Level EducationChart Legend- Doctoral Degree Or More
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Associate's Degree
- Some College
- Certificate
- High School Diploma Or Less
Median Salary Earnings$111,343.78Annual Job Openings671Openings are regional vacancies due to growth and turnover in this career.All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. SAC
Historical Wages - Data Warehousing Specialists
Data Warehousing Specialists
SOC Career Code: 15-1243.01Design, model, or implement corporate data warehousing activities. Program and configure warehouses of database information and provide support to warehouse users.
Typical Hourly Salary$61.43The figure above is based off a percentile of 25 percent.
All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. SACTop Entry-Level EducationChart Legend- Doctoral Degree Or More
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Associate's Degree
- Some College
- Certificate
- High School Diploma Or Less
Median Salary Earnings$160,318.52Annual Job Openings528Openings are regional vacancies due to growth and turnover in this career.All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. SAC
Historical Wages - Business Intelligence Analysts
Business Intelligence Analysts
SOC Career Code: 15-2051.01Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.
Typical Hourly Salary$44.72The figure above is based off a percentile of 25 percent.
All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. SACTop Entry-Level EducationChart Legend- Doctoral Degree Or More
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Associate's Degree
- Some College
- Certificate
- High School Diploma Or Less
Median Salary Earnings$132,301.31Annual Job Openings3,416Openings are regional vacancies due to growth and turnover in this career.All job data and figures based on a 100 mile radius from Mt. SAC
Historical Wages
- Database Administrators
