Why Statistics at Penn State?
The statistics program at Penn State provides training in mathematics, computation, database management, and statistical analysis. These skills are in great demand in industry and government. Research divisions in the pharmaceutical industry, quality control and quality engineering divisions in manufacturing companies, corporate planning and analysis units, and other data-intensive divisions recruit students with an undergraduate major in statistics. In order to meet these varied needs, the statistics program at Penn State offers several options within the major: • The graduate studies option helps prepare students for further graduate study in statistics. • The statistics and computing option emphasizes the computing aspects of statistics. • The applied statistics option provides flexibility for students who are interested in a cross-disciplinary program. • The biostatistics option is a particular cross-disciplinary program that gives statistics students a broad background in biology.
