Statistics Major

College Majors
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I'm a sophomore at the University of Illinois without a major. I am considering being a statistics major and would like some information about it. </p>

<p>1) Do most staticians enjoy studying their major and jobs?
2) How difficult is it to procure a job with a statistics degree?
3) What's the job security?
4) What's the expected pay with this degree right after graduation and ten years later?</p>

<p>I'm aware that I should specialize my focus with a statistics major. I am interested in the business world, and if I become a stats major, can it be easily applied to finance? If not, what are some other business-related fields statistics easily applies to?</p>

<p>Thanks,
MrWoot</p>

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<p>In addition, what kind of research to statistician grad students and professors do?</p>

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<p>i know stats grads make good actuaries, who are somehwat involved in finance and make good money, but i heard it could also be boring
i think UIUC also has an actuarial science major as well</p>

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<p>you should also highly consider Mathematical Finance. For example, NYU's Math. Finance dept. is very highly ranked.</p>

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<p>Take a look at the American Statistical Association's link to careers in stats: <a href="http://www.amstat.org/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=brochure%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amstat.org/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=brochure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>