统计学（Statistics），研究如何测定、收集、整理、归纳和分析反映客观现象总体数量的数据，以便给出正确认识的方法论科学。其目的是要解决问题。
统计师美国各州就业情况：
2015USNews美国大学研究生统计学专业排名
数学与统计学的区别
统计学分数理统计和经济统计两个方向。其中数理统计是属于数学科目里面的一个分支，数学从某种意义上说可以是统计学的基础。统计偏向分支，更加细化，没有数学那么宽泛；经济统计是偏向统计学知识在经济中的应用的。| 开设学位 | BS、MS、PhD |
| 典型职业及年薪 | 统计师：$83,310 |
| 签证敏感度 | 否 |
| 高中课程准备 | 理科 |
| 所属专业领域 | 理科 |
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课程列表
| 统计学理论及应用 | Statistical Methods and Their Applications |
| 线性回归模型 | Linear Regression Models |
| 应用回归分析 | Applied Regression Analysis |
| 统计推断 | Statistical Inference |
| 定性数据分析 | Analysis of Qualitative Data |
| 生物统计理论 | Biostatistical Methods |
| 社会科学统计 | Statistics for the Social Sciences |
| 概率统计 | Probability and Statistics in the Natural Sciences |
| 数学概率基础 | Introduction to Mathematical Probability |
| 概率模型 | Probability Models |
| 分配理论 | Distribution Theory |
| 时间序列分析 | Time Series Analysis |
| 数值计算 | Numerical Computation |
| 应用线性统计理论 | Applied Linear Statistical Methods |
| 非参数统计 | Nonparametric Statistics |
| 实验设计与分析 | Design and Analysis of Experiments |
| 广义线性模型 | Generalized Linear Models |
| 历史统计 | History of Statistics |
| 分类数据分析 | Analysis of Categorical Data |
就业状况
从事职业：统计师、会计、精算师、银行职员、金融分析师、投资顾问、心理学家等统计师美国各州就业情况：
| 州名 | 就业人数 | 薪水/h | 薪水/年 |
| 马里兰 | 3140 | $45.05 | $93,700 |
| 加州 | 3040 | $45.74 | $95,150 |
| 麻省 | 1690 | $45.21 | $94,040 |
| 宾夕法尼亚 | 1480 | $32.31 | $67,200 |
| 纽约 | 1320 | $33.56 | $69,800 |
| 哥伦比亚特区 | 830 | $49.60 | $103,160 |
| 华盛顿 | 1190 | $32.24 | $67,070 |
| 康涅狄格州 | 550 | $41.32 | $85,950 |
| 新泽西 | 560 | $52.07 | $108,310 |
2015USNews美国大学研究生统计学专业排名
| 排名 | 院校 | 分数 |
| #1 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
4.9 |
| #2 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
4.7 |
| #3 | Harvard University Boston, MA |
4.6 |
| #3 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
4.6 |
| #5 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
4.4 |
| #5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
4.4 |
| #7 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
4.3 |
| #7 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
4.3 |
| #9 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
4.2 |
| #10 | Duke University Durham, NC |
4.1 |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
4.1 |
| #12 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
4.0 |
| #12 | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
4.0 |
| #12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI |
4.0 |
| #15 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC |
3.9 |
| #15 | Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX |
3.9 |
| #15 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
3.9 |
| #15 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
3.9 |
| #19 | Iowa State University Ames, IA |
3.8 |
| #20 | Columbia University New York, NY |
3.7 |
| #20 | Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA |
3.7 |
| #20 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
3.7 |
| #20 | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
3.7 |
| #24 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
3.6 |
| #24 | Purdue University-West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN |
3.6 |
| #24 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
3.6 |
| #27 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
3.5 |
| #27 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA |
3.5 |
| #27 | University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) Philadelphia, PA |
3.5 |
| #30 | Columbia University New York, NY |
3.4 |
| #30 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
3.4 |
| #30 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
3.4 |
| #30 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
3.4 |
| #34 | University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL |
3.3 |
| #34 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
3.3 |
| #34 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
3.3 |
| #34 | Yale University (School of Public Health) New Haven, CT |
3.3 |
| #38 | Emory University Atlanta, GA |
3.2 |
| #39 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL |
3.1 |
| #39 | Rice University Houston, TX |
3.1 |
| #39 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ |
3.1 |
| #42 | Brown University (School of Public Health) Providence, RI |
3.0 |
| #42 | Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO |
3.0 |
| #42 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
3.0 |
| #42 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
3.0 |
| #42 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
3.0 |
| #47 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
2.9 |
| #47 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
2.9 |
| #49 | Boston University Boston, MA |
2.8 |
| #49 | New York University (Stern) New York, NY |
2.8 |
| #49 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
2.8 |
| #49 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
2.8 |
| #53 | George Washington University Washington, DC |
2.7 |
| #53 | Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI |
2.7 |
| #53 | University of Georgia Athens, GA |
2.7 |
| #53 | University of Illinois-Chicago (School of Public Health) Chicago, IL |
2.7 |
| #53 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
2.7 |
| #53 | University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston Houston, TX |
2.7 |
| #53 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA |
2.7 |
| #60 | Case Western Reserve University (School of Public Health) Cleveland, OH |
2.6 |
| #60 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX |
2.6 |
| #62 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA |
2.5 |
| #63 | Arizona State University Tempe, AZ |
2.4 |
| #63 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR |
2.4 |
| #63 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
2.4 |
| #63 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
2.4 |
| #67 | Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC |
2.3 |
| #67 | Temple University (Fox) Philadelphia, PA |
2.3 |
| #67 | University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA |
2.3 |
| #70 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS |
2.2 |
| #70 | University at Albany-SUNY (School of Public Health) Rensselaer, NY |
2.2 |
| #70 | University at Buffalo-SUNY Buffalo, NY |
2.2 |
| #70 | University of Alabama-Birmingham Birmingham, AL |
2.2 |
| #70 | University of Colorado-Denver Denver, CO |
2.2 |
| #75 | Baylor University Waco, TX |
2.1 |
| #75 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
2.1 |
| #75 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
2.1 |
| #78 | University of South Carolina (Arnold School of Public Health) Columbia, SC |
2.0 |
| #78 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
2.0 |