SAS is one of the largest software companies in the world and has its roots in academia since 1976. SAS solutions are used at more than 45,000 sites in over 100 countries – including 92 of the top 100 companies on the 2009 FORTUNE Global 500® list – to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers and to enable better decisions based on analyzing data.

Modern society is awash in data. SAS coursework provides students the skills to analyze massive amounts of data and then use this knowledge to make sound decisions. Whether it is uncovering fraud in banking and government, improving health care or predicting which customers will respond to a marketing campaign, the applications of business analytics cross all industries, placing analytic skills in high demand.

With more than 2,000 college, university and business-school customers in 109 countries and education specialists on every continent, SAS serves professors and students by providing access to software, teaching materials and academic programs that provide students with the skills they will need to compete in a data driven employment market.

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