Federal data analytics training built around the questions your agency needs answered

Taught by working data practitioners, and delivered your way: onsite, live online, or self-paced.

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Trusted across the federal government

Since 1921

training the federal workforce

500,000+

government employees trained

125+

federal agencies served

200+

federally experienced instructors

400+

courses and certificates

All levels

across the federal data curriculum

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Three ways to train your team

Every format draws on the same practitioner-built data analytics curriculum and instructors who have done the work. Choose what fits your headcount, timeline, and budget, or combine them.

Private group training: we teach Excel, SQL, Power BI, and Tableau against your agency's own datasets and reporting questions
Open enrollment: send analysts to scheduled public classes, live online or in Washington, DC, for the SQL, Tableau, and Power BI bootcamps
Self-paced eLearning: run through Power BI certification and PL-300 prep on your own schedule, with the live class free within a year

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Private group training

Bring a private cohort and the analysis work is your own: the program data your analysts already query, the Excel workbooks and Power BI dashboards your office publishes, and the cost-benefit and evaluation questions leadership keeps asking. Statistics, SQL, and visualization get taught on that material.

Any course or certificate in our data analytics catalog, delivered onsite, live online, or blended
A new course built to your specification when nothing off-the-shelf fits
Scheduled around your calendar, for a cohort of any size
Rostering, progress, and completion reporting for the whole group

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Open enrollment

Sending one or two people is common in analytics: an office needs a single person fluent in Power BI, or a new program analyst who has to get through Excel and SQL first. Scheduled public sessions run throughout the year, so they can start with the tool they need now.

A published schedule across the federal data analytics curriculum, entry to advanced
Live online, or in person at 1050 Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, DC
No minimum headcount and no setup: register and go
The same instructors and materials as our private cohorts

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Self-paced eLearning

Tool skills reward repetition, so self-paced study fits the Excel, SQL, Power BI, and Python work analysts can practice against their own files between deadlines. It also suits anyone preparing for a certification exam on their own schedule.

Finish a self-paced track like Power BI certification, then take the instructor-led class free within a year
Hands-on practice writing queries and building dashboards, with knowledge checks, not slides to read
An always-available AI coach grounded in the course material when a query or formula will not run
Enroll one analyst or an entire reporting team, with completion tracking course by course

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From spreadsheets to statistics to dashboards

Start with the fundamentals of data analysis and statistics, then build the tool skills your work actually calls for across Excel, SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, and AI.

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Data analysis foundations

Where to start when data analysis is new to your role.

Data Analysis Basic Course Data Analysis Intermediate Course Data Analysis Package Data Analytics Foundations Course

Statistics for analysis

Descriptive and inferential statistics for conclusions that hold up.

Descriptive Statistics for Data Analysis Inferential Statistics for Data Analysis Data Collection Methods Designing an Analytical Study

Management and program analysis

Analyst tradecraft for program, cost, and evaluation work.

Introduction to Management Analysis Tools for Management Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis Workshop Introduction to Program Evaluation

Excel for analytics

Turn the tool everyone already has into a real analysis platform.

Excel Bootcamp Excel for Data Analytics Excel Expert Certification Power Query Bootcamp

SQL and databases

Pull and shape data straight from the source.

SQL Bootcamp SQL Certification SQL Server Bootcamp Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

Data visualization

Tableau and dashboard design for briefing decision-makers.

Tableau Bootcamp Tableau Certification

Power BI

The reporting tool most agencies standardize on, from first dashboard to the PL-300 certification.

Power BI Bootcamp Power BI Advanced Power BI Certification Self-Paced Power BI Certification PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst

Python and data science

Programming and data science for larger, repeatable analysis.

Python for Data Science Bootcamp Python Certification Data Science and AI Certificate

AI for analytics

Put AI to work on your data without the hype.

AI & Data Literacy for the Government Workforce AI for Data Analytics Data Analytics and AI Certificate

Data storytelling and reporting

Turn findings into briefings decision makers act on.

Data Analysis and Storytelling Data Storytelling with Excel Data Analytics with Excel, SQL and Tableau

Business and analyst applications

Structured analysis for requirements and process work.

Requirements, process, and stakeholder analysis for federal business analysts.

12 days

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Vetted procurement, right from the GSA Schedule

Graduate School USA is a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract holder, allowing federal agencies and other qualifying organizations to confidently purchase our services.

GSA MAS contract 47QRAA24D004K, SINs 611430 (professional training) and 541611 (management/administrative consulting)
Held as American Public Training LLC d/b/a Graduate School USA; UEI LA83MCFN1ST3; CAGE 99AA0
We work with your training office on the paperwork, whether a Schedule order, purchase order, or an SF-182.

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A historical Graduate School USA faculty and leadership gathering, reflecting the institution's roots as the USDA Graduate School since 1921

An established federal training institution

Graduate School USA's federal data analytics curriculum is designed and taught in-house by practitioners who have helped agencies turn data into decisions, not licensed from a generic library.

Founded 1921 as the USDA Graduate School; 500,000+ government employees trained across 125+ agencies
ACCET-accredited (ACCET is a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accreditor)
Center for Leadership and Management runs ECQ-aligned executive development, including the Executive Potential Program since 1995
200+ federally experienced subject-matter experts across 400+ courses and certificates
Available on an active GSA MAS Schedule (SINs 611430 and 541611)

Questions agencies ask

The answers training officers and program directors ask for most, in one place.

How does my agency buy training from Graduate School USA?

Graduate School USA holds GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract 47QRAA24D004K (SINs 611430 and 541611), so you can place a pre-priced order directly under FAR Subpart 8.4 without running an open-market procurement. We accept the SF-182, Schedule orders, government purchase orders, and purchase cards for micro-purchases.

Can we pay with an SF-182?

Yes. We accept the SF-182, purchase orders, and GSA Schedule orders under contract 47QRAA24D004K, and our group training team works with your training office on the paperwork.

What is the difference between private group training and open enrollment?

Open enrollment classes are scheduled public sessions anyone can register for, taken live online or at our Washington, DC campus at 1050 Connecticut Ave NW. Private group training delivers a course for your agency's own cohort, tailored to your mission and delivered onsite, live online, or blended.

Can employees train self-paced, and still take the live class later?

Yes. Our self-paced online courses let a learner start anytime and work at their own pace, and when you buy the self-paced course the learner may also attend the live instructor-led course for free within one year.

Can courses be tailored to our agency?

Yes. We tailor existing courses to reflect your agency's mission, policies, and real cases, and we can develop new courses for unique requirements, all delivered under GSA contract 47QRAA24D004K.

Can training be delivered virtually or in person?

Both. Courses are offered as live virtual instruction or in-person onsite at your facility or at our Washington, DC location, and some programs blend live sessions with self-paced work.

What if an employee needs to repeat a class?

We offer one free retake of a class within one year, so a first attempt is never wasted if someone is reassigned, deployed, or needs a refresher before applying the material.

What's new in your federal data analytics training?

Our curriculum is refreshed to current federal law, policy, and practice; we added new AI courses for the federal workforce; courses now run in a modern learning portal, and self-paced courses add an always-available AI coach; and self-paced online options let a learner start anytime and still take the live class for free within a year.

We are standardizing on Power BI. Does the training go all the way to the PL-300?

Yes. The Power BI sequence runs from Power BI Bootcamp through Power BI Advanced and Power BI Certification, with a self-paced Power BI certification option and a dedicated PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst course. The Data Analytics Certification, 66 hours, covers Excel, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI in one track and prepares analysts for the PL-300 exam.

Our staff are program analysts, not data scientists. Where should they start?

Start with Data Analysis Basic and Data Analysis Intermediate, or Data Analytics Foundations, then add Descriptive Statistics for Data Analysis and Inferential Statistics for Data Analysis so the conclusions hold up. From there, Introduction to Management Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis Workshop, and Introduction to Program Evaluation keep the training on the analyst tradecraft they already practice. Python and data science are a separate track they can take later, or not at all.

Plan your agency's data analytics training

Tell us your topics, headcount, and timeline, and we'll propose the right mix for your team.

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