Transform Your Career
Montclair State University’s Online Master of Arts in Social Research and Data Analysis is a dynamic degree program that empowers you to leverage data to drive decision-making in fields such as social policy, market research, data consulting, healthcare, education, environmental policy, and more.
Gain valuable skills in survey writing, focus groups moderating, ethnographic research, data analysis, and data and text mining. Customize your degree by choosing electives in social policy research, business analytics, or communication and media to align with your career goals.
Next Start: Fall 2025
Start Class: August 29
Course Format: Online
Total Credits: 30
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What to expect in a Montclair Online program:
- Our 10 course, 30-credit Social Research and Analysis online master’s program is designed for full or part-time study with program completion in as little as 16 months.
- All of our courses are designed to help you engage actively with peers and instructors online. You will take a mixture of synchronous (live) and asynchronous (on your own schedule) formats.
- Course schedules are designed for working professionals, with online meetings held in the evening to accommodate your schedule.
- Affordable tuition rate
- Full access to student support services including online library resources, Tier II technical support and career advising
Total Credits: 30
Experienced faculty are ready to help you launch a career with research at its center. In the program, you will take courses in survey writing, focus groups, ethnographic research, data analysis and data and text mining using software programs like R, SPSS and NVivo. You can also customize the degree to meet your career goals by choosing electives in social policy research, business analytics, or communication and media.
Social Research and Data Analysis professionals work in a variety of settings:
- Survey Research Specialist
- Senior Market Analyst
- DE&I Strategist
- Qualitative Researcher
- UX Researcher
- Business Analyst
- Research Associate
- Data Strategist
- Online Qualitative Researcher
- Ad Tech Associate
- Data Coordinator
- Research Analyst
- Clinical Data Coordinator
Our Graduates Land Jobs at Top Companies
Our graduates have successfully secured positions at leading companies, including Ipsos, Indeed, Audible, Numerator, SKIM, CMI Media Group, SimpsonScarborough, Maru/Matchbox, United Teletech, Salesforce Associates, L’Oreal, Cyan Health, Prudential Financial, C+R Research, Isobar Marketing Intelligence, Sodexo, and more. Additionally, they have advanced their careers in organizations such as The National Institute of Early Education Research, Middlesex County Government, City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College, Hackensack Meridian Health, and Essex Community College.
The Department of Sociology has put together a list of Frequently Asked Questions to help you get the information you need.
Customize your path with career enhancing online graduate certificates in Customer and User Experience Research, Data Collection and Management or Business Analytics—all of which can be applied toward earning your master’s degree.
These certificates offer accelerated pathways to gain valuable knowledge and build specialized skills for your professional advancement.
- Applicants may hold a bachelor’s in any field.
- Transcript: One from each college attended
- Letters of Recommendation: Two (optional), but recommended if your undergraduate GPA is below a 3.0
- A statement of purpose about your background, goals and interests in the program
- No GRE exam required
- The $60 application fee is waived for Online Programs.
- Graduate students from other programs can take courses as electives. Some advanced undergraduates also qualify to begin early. Please contact the graduate program coordinator for additional information.
- Application Deadline: Rolling Admission; Start in Fall or Spring.
- Submit Online Application
