Organizations collect masses of data. Accounting professionals who know how to uncover, analyze, and communicate insights from those data to drive decision-making are in high demand. In the Graduate Certificate in Accounting Data Analytics program, you will develop standout data analytics capabilities, and perform at the leading edge in the fast-changing field of accounting.

You will get the very latest from some of the best faculty in the world, teaching at the master's level. Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois is consistently ranked among the top three accounting programs in the country and is a leader in data analytics.

This certificate is designed for:

• Accounting professionals looking to update skills
• Business leaders without accounting backgrounds
• Learners who are preparing for the CPA exam

Learn leading-edge analytics skills.

You’ll develop exceptional accounting data analytics capabilities, including the ability to:

• Frame problems in ways that can be answered by data and produce actionable results
• Create interactive visualizations in Excel and Tableau to explore data, identify patterns and relationships, and communicate findings
• Apply Python skills for assembling business data, including financial statement data, stock data, loan data, point-of-sale data, and more
• Share results within Jupyter Notebook, a popular development environment for data analytic software such as Python and R
• Use fundamental programming skills, such as mathematical operators, functions, conditional statements, and loops using Python
• Conduct statistical analyses for quantifying patterns and relationships observed in the data

*Financial aid consideration requires learners to be enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours in a Spring or Fall term and 3 credit hours in a Summer term. Learners should review Graduate Certificate start dates, course offerings, and federal aid requirements prior to applying.