Career Opportunities in Statistics

Statisticians are employed in all phases of industry, government, and education. They interact with scientists and decision makers to design experiments and to collect, analyze, and interpret data. Marketing, manufacturing, education, public policy, law, agriculture, science and medicine, and research and development are all areas where statisticians are desired for their technical skills. Statisticians may work with many different tools, including mathematics, computing, and graphics, to develop new methodologies and statistical theory. Many thousands of statisticians are employed by private industry and the federal government. Many more are employed in teaching and research. The Washington, D.C., area has particularly robust employment opportunities for statisticians.

Our statistics department has a rapidly developing area and national reputation for excellence in teaching, research, and professional leadership. For example, until recently, the editorial offices of the Journal of the American Statistical Association were located at George Mason. The national headquarters for the Computing Science and Statistics Interface Symposia are also located at George Mason. The program in computational statistics is a highly regarded focal area of teaching and research. The program in statistical signal processing blends mathematical, computational, and engineering approaches to address one of the key areas within modern communication technologies. The program in engineering statistics addresses elements of quality control, reliability, and forecasting that are crucial to modern manufacturing technology. Our program in applied statistics focuses on developing a thorough grounding in the methods of survey design, exploratory data analysis, regression, and multivariate analysis, which are the keystones of traditional statistical analysis. Our students can expect marked success in finding employment or upgrading their present positions.


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