Master of Sport Analytics

About the course

Get the skills and experience needed to meet the growing demand for sports insights and performance analysis with La Trobe's Master of Sport Analytics.Learn how to use data and artificial intelligence to boost athlete performance and wellbeing. Get hands-on experience with industry-standard technologies and advanced analytics tools, including R, Python and SQL, computer vision and video annotation software, machine-learning platforms and other athlete management systems.

Career outcome

New technologies and growing demand for insights and performance analysis have created exciting opportunities for sport analysts. Employers in a range of industries – including sport technology companies, gaming and sport clubs – are looking for people with specialised sport analysis skills. Possible roles include:sport analystperformance analystdata scientistgame analystdata analyst. Preparing graduates for advanced professional, specialist, and leadership roles in the discipline.

Living Costs in Melbourne**

Restaurant (Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant) A$ 15 - 20	Rent per Month (1 bedroom in City Centre) A$ 1,583 - 2,094	Rent per Month (1 bedroom Outside of Centre) A$ 1,207 - 1,596
Transportation (Daily) A$ 7 - 9	Utilities per Month (Electricity, Mobile & Internet) A$ 240 - 318

Average Salary***

*Source: QS World University Subjects Rankings (2026)

**Source: numbeo.com

***Source: PayScale.com (2026)