Majors: Statistics
The Department of Statistics does not offer an undergraduate major, though instructional programs
in the Department serve a number of undergraduate majors and graduate programs across the University.
Students interested in pursuing an undergraduate program in statistics are invited to consider the statistics concentration in the Department of Mathematics or the computational statistics concentration in the Department of Computer Science.
Graduate programs are offered that lead to either the M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in statistics.
The master's program has been very successful in preparing candidates for careers in industry or government or for further study at the PhD level. The M.S. is broadly based with course work in statistical methodology, probability theory, mathematical statistics and linear statistical models, as well as a selection of courses from the following areas: stochastic processes, time series, sampling, multivariate analysis, categorical data analysis, statistical computing, and other topics in statistical methods.
The Ph.D. program is sufficiently flexible to prepare candidates for careers in industry, government, and academia. Students, in consultation with their advisers, may choose a study program with emphasis on either statistical methodology and applications or the theory of statistics.
If you have any career-related questions or if you would just like to get an idea of whether or not you are in the correct major, please contact Judy Brobst at Judy.Brobst@colostate.edu .