MA/MS in Statistics

This statistics master's degree suits students heading toward professional statistics positions or doctoral study in statistics and other quantitative disciplines. Students can follow a thesis path or a non-thesis path, and may enroll either full-time or part-time. Most courses rely on statistical software available in every university computer lab. Both paths total thirty credits. The non-thesis path has a small required core and many electives, whereas the thesis path adds research credits and needs approval from the department. Electives may be taken in neighboring disciplines, among them finance, management, engineering, public health, data science, and computing. Applicants should already have studied matrix theory, calculus in several variables, and a pair of undergraduate statistics classes. A combined option pairs the degree with a graduate certificate in data science, and the program carries a STEM designation.