<p>Is Statistics basically the same everywhere? Are there any better schools for it? I know its all about passing tests so are there certain colleges that prepare you better?</p>
<p>Do you mean the actuary exams?</p>
<p>Yeah what else can you do with a Statistics degree? This is the general topic of this thread.</p>
<p>Actually you can do all sorts of things. Market research, quality control, wall street complex investments etc.</p>
<p>oooooh burn</p>
<p>statistics...is boring
but so is my major - econ.</p>
<p>Biostatisticians are in big demand in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries - to help design clinical trials and analyze data and such.</p>
<p>Yes, coureur is right. Take a look at what statisticians are involved in with regard to cancer treatment and research: <a href="http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/biostats/%5B/url%5D">http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/biostats/</a></p>
<p>OK what I'm trying to ask is there any school that is best in Statistics? Are there Stat rankings?</p>
<p>Gourman ranking for undergraduate statistics</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
Stanford
Columbia
U Wisconsin Madison
Purdue W Lafayette
Iowa St
U Chicago
U Minnesota
U Illinois UC
Virginia Tech
U Rochester
U Iowa
NC State
Rutgers NB
UC Santa Barbara
U Michigan Ann Arbor
U Penn
Rice
UC Davis
Fla St
UNC CH
Mich St
SUNY Buff
Ohio State
Cornell</p>
<p>I guess U Dub and JHU are more for grad studies then... If you're considering continuing after your undergrad, a math major (of the more applied kind possibly) is probably more appropriate to prepare for grad level statistics.</p>
<p>It depends what you want to do with statistics. If you want to pursue it in graduate school or do research, you're better off just finding a good undergraduate mathematics program. Many statistics professionals were math undergrads. Stats undergrads tend to go on to use it in business or biostatistics.</p>