The University of Illinois Statistics Department is among the Top Five in the U.S. Conferring Bachelor’s Degrees in Statistics in 2012. Statistics degrees have increased greatly in recent years, with growth driven by demand for analytical skills in the workplace, according to the American Statistical Association.

The number of students earning bachelor’s degrees in statistical science has more than doubled in the last five years, topping 1,000 for the first time in 2012, says American Statistical Association (ASA) President Marie Davidian. “Availability of jobs, the diversity of jobs, starting salaries, a low unemployment rate and similar facts help influence a student’s college major decision,” says Davidian. “Combined, these factors are helping to make statistics a more attractive career choice to today’s high-school and college students.”

Full article at https://www.amstat.org/newsroom/pressreleases/Number-of-Statistics-Majors-Continues-Climbing.pdf

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