A growing number of our students decide to pursue doctoral studies after graduation. Graduate placements of MA in Statistics Alumni span several countries, institutions, and diverse fields and disciplines.

To support our qualified MA Students, we offer research and faculty-led hands-on project opportunities.  In particular, the MA Mentored Research Course and select Ph.D. level courses are available. 

MA Mentored Research is a mentored on-campus learning and research program providing our PhD-oriented MA students with research experience. It allows our students to gain experience and skills to grow as researchers.  Topics span various areas, ranging from machine learning and data science to specific problems in financial and medical research.  Meanwhile, faculty mentors receive research support from our students who have rigorous preparation in statistics, data science, and machine learning. 

In addition, our students can apply for the department’s yearly Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) Conference Awards to present their work, network with statisticians in academia, industry, and government and participate in professional development opportunities. The award covers the full cost of conference registration and a portion of travel and lodging costs.

Our Fall Ph.D. Information Session is open to all MA students. It is moderated by professors and advanced Ph.D. students. The discussion revolves around topics relating to academic preparation and career opportunities in research and the corporate world. 

Students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. are encouraged to register for the Professional Development Course STAT GR 5391 in their first semester.  The first half of the semester of this course supports career building for all MA Students.  The second half offers specific support for the PhD-oriented students. 

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PhD Placement

Graduates of the MA in Statistics program have been accepted into the following Ph.D. programs (*Note: Information provided is self-reported by graduates):

2023 – 2022 (partial survey results)

Year School Program  
2023 Stony Brook University PhD in Applied Mathematics and Statistics  
2023 University of Connecticut  PhD in Statistics  
2023 Cornell University PhD in Marketing (Consumer Behavior)  
2023 University of California, San Diego PhD in Statistics  
2023 Michigan State University PhD in Statistics  
2023 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PhD in Statistics and Operations Research  
2023 University of California, Merced PhD in EECS  
2022 McGill University PhD in Mathematics and Statistics  
2022 University of Washington, Seattle

PhD in Applied Mathematics

 
2022 The Wharton School PhD in Finance, General  
2022 University of Oxford PhD in Statistics  
2022 Boston University PhD in Finance  

 

2021 – 2018 (partial survey results)

Year School Program  
2021 Boston University PhD in Statistics  
2021 University of Minnesota Twin Cities PhD in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship  
2021 Rutgers University PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering  
2021 National University of Singapore PhD in Operations Research and Analytics  
2021 SUNY Stony Brook
PhD Applied Mathematics and Statistics
 
2021 University College London PhD in Business  
2021 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PhD in Statistics  
2021 University of Michigan PhD in Biostatistics  
2021 University of Nebraska Medical Center PhD in Biostatistics  
2021 Virginia Tech PhD Machine Learning  
2020 Columbia University PhD in Statistics  
2020 London School of Economics PhD in Statistics  
2020 Simon Fraser University PhD in Computer Science  
2020 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign PhD in Statistics  
2020 University of Maryland-College Park PhD in Mathematical Statistics  
2020 University of Maryland-College Park PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics  
2020 Vanderbilt University PhD in Biostatistics  
2019 Vanderbilt University PhD in Biomedical Informatics  
2019 Emory University PhD in Biostatistics  
2019 The George Washington University PhD in Economics  
2019 Penn State University PhD in Operations Research  
2019 Penn State University Business School PhD in Marketing  
2019 Purdue University PhD in Statistics  
2019 Purdue University Business School PhD in Operations Research  
2019 Rutgers University PhD in Statistics  
2019 Teachers College, Columbia University PhD in Measurement & Evaluation  
2019 The George Washington University PhD in Statistics  
2019 The George Washington University PhD in Economics  
2019 The University of Iowa Business School PhD in Management Science  
2019 UCSB PhD in Statistics  
2019 University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign PhD in Industrial Engineering  
2019 University of Southern California PhD in Finance  
2018 University of Iowa PhD in Statistics  

 

2017 and Earlier  (partial survey results)

Year School Program  
2017 Hong Kong University (HKU) PhD in Finance  
2017 Johns Hopkins University PhD in Computer Science  
2017 New York University PhD in Business  
2017 University of Southern California PhD in Computational Biology  
2015 Iowa State University PhD in Bioinformatics  
2015 North Carolina State University PhD in Statistics  
2015 Northwestern University PhD in IEMS  
2015 University of Michigan PhD in Statistics  
2015 University of Alabama, Huntsville PhD in Applied Math  
2014 Columbia University PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research  
2014 Johns Hopkins University PhD in Epidemiology  
2014 Virginia Tech PhD in Statistics  
2012 Cornell University PhD in Statistics