Graduate Program

Statistics provides the reasoning and methods for producing and understanding data. Statisticians are specialists, but statistics demands they be generalists, too. One advantage of working in statistics is that you can combine your interest with almost any other field in science, technology, or business.

Statisticians provide crucial guidance in determining what information is reliable and which predictions can be trusted. They often help search for clues to the solution of a scientific mystery and sometimes keep investigators from being misled by false impressions.

A master's degree or PhD is very helpful and often recommended or required for higher-level positions. The University of Akron’s graduate statistics program focuses on applied statistics and the master’s degree is in demand with demand expected to increase over the next decade.

Graduate Assistantships

The Department of Statistics usually has a number of graduate teaching assistantships available for qualified graduate students. These assistantships provide a waiver of all tuition (excluding fees) in addition to a bi-weekly stipend. All students who have received full admission can be considered.  All international applicants, U.S. citizens, and Permanent Residents whose native language is not English must submit evidence that they have a sufficient level of English to undertake graduate studies at The University of Akron in order to receive full admission.  Please refer to the Graduate Bulletin (page 22) for clarification.  In addition, international students who are requesting a graduate assistantship must have an F1 visa to be considered.  Even though we have no specific deadline for applications, we do start review of fully admitted applicants in early March at which time we start our offer process.