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Business Analytics Competition

Manhattan University hosts the Business Analytics Competition & Conference each Spring.

student presents poster during competitionEvery spring, The O'Malley School of Business hosts the Business Analytics Competition & Conference at Manhattan University, an exciting opportunity for undergraduate students studying Business Analytics or related fields to test their knowledge and hone their skills.

Competing teams engage in the art and science of decision-making as well as practice their ability to draw business insight from a comprehensive analysis of relevant data.

  • Student Teams
    • The competition is open to undergraduate student teams consisting of two to four members.
    • Each team member must be enrolled in an undergraduate program at the accredited higher education institution that the team member will represent.
    • Each team needs to have a faculty advisor from their home institution.
    • Student teams will register for the competition under the name of their faculty advisor.
    • All participating students are expected to present their work during the conference to receive the participation certificates.

  • Competition Format

    The competition features two-phases. Both phases require student teams to analyze and glean business insight from a competition-specific dataset.

    Phase One:

    • Data and questions for the first phase of the competition will be made available to registered teams on February 3, 2025.
    • Student teams, working at their home institutions, will analyze the dataset to develop solutions to the phase-one questions.
    • Each team will need to prepare and submit a poster summarizing their analysis and answers to the questions by May 5, 2025.
    • Team members will present their posters at the conference poster session on Monday, May 19, 2025. The poster session will be attended by the faculty judging panel and other conference participants.

    Phase Two:

    • On May 20th, additional research questions and data will be distributed to all teams.
    • Each team will be expected to utilize the rest of the day to analyze this data and prepare a presentation for the competition’s final judging round, which will take place on May 21st .
  • Judging

    Faculty advisors attending the conference will constitute the set of Phase One (Poster Session) judges.

    Phase One scores will be based on the ratings given by faculty advisors (advisors will not be asked to evaluate their own team).

    The presentations in Phase Two of the competition will be evaluated by a panel of practitioners representing various industries who value business analytics.

    A team’s overall score will be determined by a combination of their Phase One and Phase Two scores.

  • Awards

    The top three teams will be recognized during the award ceremony and will receive monetary awards:

    • First Place: $5,000
    • Second Place: $2,500
    • Third Place: $1,000

    Additional teams will be recognized as honorable mentions.

  • Participants

    2025 Competitors

    School Results
    California State University, San Bernardino  
    Fairfield University  Honorable Mention (Best Poster)
    La Salle University  
    Loyola Marymount University 2nd Place
    Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania  
    Manhattan University Finalist 
    Meredith College  
    Ramapo College of New Jersey  Honorable Mention (Best Poster)
    Rochester Institute of Technology  
    Saint Mary's College of California 2nd Place
    St. John's University 1 (Team Garrison) 3rd Place
    St. John's University 2 (Team Abdool)
    St. Mary's University
    Suffolk University
    SUNY New Paltz Finalist
    Trinity University Honorable Mention (Best Poster)
    University of Kansas Honorable Mention (Best Poster)
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1 (Team Alptekin) Finalist
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2 (Team Bailes)
    University of Waterloo 1st Place