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Credit Analysts

Analyze credit data and financial statements of individuals or firms to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money. Prepare reports with credit information for use in decisionmaking.

What education do people in this job actually have?

O*NET incumbent survey (2024)
Bachelor's degree 95% Graduate degree 5%

How EWU courses prepare you for this work (2 of 7 O*NET tasks have course evidence)

Investigate properties of a statistical estimator based on characteristics of bias, efficiency, consistency and sufficiency

Interpret output from statistical software correctly

Recent regional postings for this occupation

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5 most recent CareerOneStop listings for this occupation. "Live" in Quick Facts counts only postings the scraper re-confirmed in the last 7 days; older real postings still appear here until they age out.

Where to focus your applied learning (5 taskes without course evidence yet)

These O*NET tasks don't have direct course-objective evidence in the Math BS catalog yet. Each is an opportunity to gain hands-on preparation through an applied project, MAA-sponsored partnership, elective, or internship. The Math BS applied-projects page has examples of project-driven learning that could close these kinds of gaps.

More O*NET details for this occupation (skills, knowledge, tools & technology)
Skills (42)
Basic Skills: Active Learning
Basic Skills: Active Listening
Basic Skills: Critical Thinking
Basic Skills: Learning Strategies
Basic Skills: Mathematics
Basic Skills: Monitoring
Basic Skills: Reading Comprehension
Basic Skills: Science
Basic Skills: Speaking
Basic Skills: Writing
+ 32 more on O*NET
Knowledge (5)
Administrative
Economics and Accounting
English Language
Law and Government
Mathematics
Tools & technology (30)
Content workflow software: Equifax Application Engine
Content workflow software: Experian Transact SM
Data base user interface and query software: Microsoft SQL Server
Data base user interface and query software: Structured query language SQL
Desktop calculator: 10-key calculators
Desktop computers: Desktop computers
Development environment software: Microsoft Visual Basic
Development environment software: Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Microsoft Dynamics
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

O*NET's tools-and-technology list aggregates software encountered across the occupation's many sub-roles, so the list can be broad. Treat it as a directory of what people in this job might use, not a checklist of what every job requires.

Where this data comes from. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills, and education-incumbents survey come from the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET 30.2. Washington-state pay and employment projections come from WA Employment Security Department and the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Live job postings come from CareerOneStop, refreshed nightly from a scrape that tracks the original posting date and the date our system last saw each posting live.

How we connect courses to occupations. Course catalog descriptions and program-level learning outcomes are indexed alongside O*NET task statements. Where a course's language aligns with a task an occupation requires, we mark it as evidence of preparation. Faculty review each candidate match and either confirm or veto it; only confirmed matches surface in totals.

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