Good double major with Statistics?

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<p>Hi- I am currently a rising senior and beginning to fill out college applications (send me your prayers!) for the last year or so I have known I want to do something involving statistics. That being said I don't want just a Mathematics degree, but rather something that I can apply the statistics to. What are good majors with statistics without requiring graduate school? Here were my ideas, any and all ideas help. Thanks so much!</p>

<p>Statistics/Political Science
Statistics/Agriculture
Statistics/Economics or Finances
or Statistics/Psychology</p>

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<p>You don’t need a second degree to apply the statistics to something.</p>

<p>That being said, can you think of anything in particular you’d like to apply the statistics to? If you have any specific second interests, it might make your choice easier.</p>

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<p>All of those fields require some form of graduate schooling. Do you want to be a statistician or do you just want to make money?</p>

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<p>Math or an area where you would like to apply statistics to.</p>

<p>Economics or Finance would be an obvious choice if well paying job and career prospects in the finance industry are being considered.</p>

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<p>I’m doing Math and Statistics, but I sometimes wish I could go back and do Statistics & Computer Science.</p>

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<p>You could do applied math, lots of stat with math there</p>

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<p>Finance or computer science + stat would make you highly employable. Get a minor in a foreign language too.</p>

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<p>Finance, Computer Science, Psychology (or Sociology)</p>

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<p>elgerkin</p>

<p>I thought you might find this site useful.</p>

<p>[Career</a> Center | American Statistical Association](<a href=“http://www.amstat.org/careers/]Career”>http://www.amstat.org/careers/)</p>

<p>They offered the following general information.</p>

<p>Which Industries Employ Statisticians?</p>

<p>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.
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PowerPoint presentation
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Surveys</p>

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<p>Hi I would like to ask my own question.</p>

<p>Is undergrad in Statistics enough in terms of employability? Or do you need M.S in Statistics? If not, what is the advantage of having a M.S in Statistics?</p>

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<p>BS in Statistics can make you employable for entry level jobs, but not nearly as much as a MS in Statistics.</p>

<p>Statistician jobs in the sciences require a Masters. Even gov’t jobs want MS or PhD’s nowadays.</p>

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<p>This is a fascinating question. My personal knowledge sample is very small so it might not be at all representative. Nonetheless, I have not seen a great deal of value in the masters level degree. A doctorate has clear value (but requires a subtanial commitment of both time and money). It might be fruitful to discuss this issue with your career placement office or with the admissions offices of the colleges you are considering. They no doubt have more first hand experience with this issue.</p>