Bow Valley College Data Management and Analytics post-diploma tuition

CALGARY · POST-DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE

Data Management and Analytics
Bow Valley College

Data Management and Analytics is a two-term post-diploma certificate. It requires a relevant earlier diploma and mathematics, so the $32,240 tuition display covers an additional study stage rather than the full cost of starting from high school.

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CredentialPost-Diploma Certificate
Published duration2 Terms
Program credits30
International tuition estimate$32,2402026-27 rates · Additional fees apply
BEFORE YOU CHOOSE

Check your prior qualification and programming preparation

Entry requires a diploma or equivalent in business administration, IT, engineering or software development, together with the stated Math 30 subject. Students are also expected to have programming experience. The page does not supply an alternative based solely on unrelated work history or a new GPA threshold.

YOUR STUDY BUDGET

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Published 2026-27 estimates are a planning reference. They are not a price guarantee for a later intake.

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Study period Estimated tuition
Term 1 $16,120
Term 2 $16,120
Total of displayed terms $32,240

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$16,120
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$150
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$16,270

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When applying$150

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After accepting an offer$1,500

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RECORDED LABELS

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Fall 2027 Open
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ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

A relevant diploma and mathematics

Both the prior qualification and the math subject are required. Check English proficiency separately and use the college's document list for qualifications earned outside Canada.

  1. Previous qualification

    Completion of a diploma or equivalent in business administration, information technology, engineering or software development.

  2. Mathematics

    Credit in Math 30-1 or Math 30-2, or an equivalent.

  3. Preparation

    Programming experience is expected. Confirm your assessed academic route and course preparation with Bow Valley; it is not a direct high-school-entry certificate.

Check English proficiency separately

The general English policy applies to this post-diploma program. It lists IELTS Academic at 6.0 in every band, TOEFL 83, Duolingo 110, PTE Academic 59–64 as printed, CLB 8 in each strand and BVC Academic English 2 at B−. Academic English 1 is not accepted, and a prior diploma does not by itself establish a language exemption.

Education alternatives

  • Canadian English-course alternativeSuccessful completion of the Alberta English Language Arts course, or a Canadian-education equivalent, consistent with the career program's academic requirements.
  • Secondary education evidenceTranscripts showing three full-time high-school years with English as the language of instruction.
  • Post-secondary education evidenceTranscripts showing successful completion of one full-time post-secondary year with English as the language of instruction.
Test validity
Two years from testing
At program start
Results must still be valid
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Official results required
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THE COURSE SEQUENCE

Ten courses including the data capstone

Complete 30 credits through ten required three-credit courses over two 15-credit terms. DATA 3998 is included in those ten courses. The curriculum covers databases, data quality, visual analytics and working with larger datasets. Your earlier diploma's tuition is outside the post-diploma certificate estimate.

Term 115 credits

Complete the following courses:

Code Course Credits
DATA3101 Data Programming 3
DATA3202 Designing Data Analysis Projects 3
DATA3203 Data Acquisition 3
DATA3410 Data Visualization I 3
MATH3903 Mathematics for Data Analytics 3
Term 215 credits

Complete the following courses:

Code Course Credits
DATA3102 Data Wrangling 3
DATA3303 Data Analysis I 3
DATA3304 Data Analysis II 3
DATA3411 Data Visualization II 3
DATA3998 Data Management and Analytics Capstone Project 3
PREPARING FOR THE PROGRAM

Bring the specified laptop and allow for software

  • The required laptop has an i7 quad-core processor or later, at least 16GB RAM, at least 512GB SSD storage, integrated graphics, a screen of at least 15 inches and Windows 10 Pro or Education 64-bit. macOS is unsupported.
  • A portable backup drive is required and course-specific software may cost extra. Neither device nor software prices are supplied by this tuition table.
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Sources checked 29 October 2026. The tuition dataset identifies 2026-27. The intake resource has conflicting freshness metadata, so its observed labels require confirmation before use as current availability. Individual admission, equivalency and immigration decisions remain with the relevant institution or authority.