Schools Offering Degrees in Statistics
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Appalachian State University
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematical Science:
B.S. in Statistics
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 6 (out of 37 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1993-94: Bachelor: 1
Contact: Jaimie L. Hebert, Assistant Professor, Mathematical Science,
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608. Phone: (704) 262-2383; hebert@math.appstate.edu.
"Through its faculty and curriculum, the Department of
Mathematical Science provides undergraduate programs of study which are
designed to prepare students for careers and to complement other areas of
study. Combining a strong background in the mathematical science with
studies in related disciplines, the department's degree programs allow the
student, with appropriate guidance, to prepare for career objectives in
business, industry, government and teaching, and to appreciate the role of
math in the modern world."
Duke University
School of Arts and Sciences, Institute of Statistics and Decision
Sciences: M.S., Ph.D. in Statistics
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 13
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1995-96: Master: 8, Doctor: 2
Contact: Cheryl McGhee, ISDS, Duke University, 223 Old Chem Bldg, Box
90251, Durham, NC 27708-0251. Phone: (919) 684-8029; Fax: (919) 684-8594;
cheryl@stat.duke.edu.
"The Institute of Statistics and Decision Science offers
graduate study leading to the Ph.D. degree in statistics. It also offers
the M.S. degree to students pursuing a Ph.D. degree in the institute or in
another department at Duke. The institute is a regular teaching and
research department of the University that is internationally recognized as
a center of research in theoretical and applied statistics. The faculty are
active in the areas of Bayesian statistics and decision science ,
statistical computing, and interdisciplinary applications of statistics.
These areas of faculty interest are reflected in the course of study for
students in the Ph.D. program offered by the institute."
East Carolina University
*School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics: Degrees
in Mathematics with Statistics concentration
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 4 (out of 36 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1994-95: not given
Contact: Said E. Said, Associate Professor of Statistics, East Carolina
University, Greenville, NC 27858. Phone: (919) 328-4107; Fax: (919)
328-6414; masaid@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu.
"The Mathematics Department offers highly qualified faculty
and strong programs in mathematics, statistics, mathematics education, and
computer science. The Statistics Program has computer support that includes
Minitab, SAS, and SPSSX. The Mathematics Education Program maintains a
laboratory of educational materials appropriate for the elementary and
secondary school environments, and a microcomputer laboratory with software
designed to be used with the elementary and secondary school
curriculums."
North Carolina State University
*College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Department of
Statistics: B.S., M.S., M.S. with Industrial Statistics concentration; M.S.
with Environmental Statistics concentration; M.S. in Biostatistics with
Biometric Statistics concentration
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 34
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1995-96: Bachelor: 24, Master:
15, Doctor: 8
Postdoctoral Fellowships offered
Contact: Thomas M. Gerig, Statistics Head, NC State, Raleigh, NC
27695-8203. Phone: (919) 515-1901; Fax: (919) 515-7591; gerig@stat.ncsu.edu.
"NC State offers a bachelor's program in statistics that
complies with the ASA guidelines by providing courses specifically designed
for undergraduate statistics majors. A challenging accelerated BS-MS
program is also offered. A large faculty with varied research and
consulting interests supports graduate programs that blend the theory,
methods and practice of statistics. Optional concentrations in
environmental, industrial and genetic statistics are offered. In support of
research and instruction, the department maintains a state of the art
computing environment based on a system of networked, Unix based Sun
Workstations."
University North Carolina at Chapel Hill
*College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Statistics: M.S.,
Ph.D. in Statistics
Degree Emphasis: mixed, theoretical
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 12.83
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1996-97: Master: 2, Ph.D. 3
Contact: Douglas G. Kelly, Chair, Statistics, New West Building, UNC,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3260. Phone: (919) 962-9609; Fax: (919) 962-1279; kelly@stat.unc.edu; www.stat.unc.edu.
"The Department of Statistics was organized in 1946 with
Harold Hotelling as its first chairman. Since 1948 more than two hundred
Ph.D. degrees in Statistics have assumed leadership positions in many
important statistical organizations and have become chairs of several
departments of Statistics here and abroad. Many professors at leading
universities and senior statisticians in government and industry received
their doctoral training in the Department of Statistics at Chapel
Hill."
*School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics: B.S.P.H.,
M.P.H., M.S., Dr.P.H., Ph.D. in Biostatistics
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 26.75
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1995-96: Bachelor: 6, Master:
15, Doctor. 9
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: Barry Margolin, Biostatistics Chair, 3101 E McGavran-Greenberg
Bldg, CB 7400, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400. Phone: (919) 966-7254; Fax:
(919) 966-3804; bmargolin@bios.unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics: M.S. in
Applied Statistics, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics with Statistics
concentration
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 8 (out of 51 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1995-96: Master: 1
Contact: Ram Tiwari, Mathematics Chair, UNC, Charlotte, NC 28225. Phone:
(704) 547-4853; Fax: (704) 510-6415; fma00rct@unccvm.uncc.edu.
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine, Section on Biostatistics, Department of
Public Health Sciences: M.S. in Clinical Epidemiology, M.S. in Health
Services Resources
Degree Emphasis: applied
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 13 (out of 40 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1996-1997: 0
Contact: Mark Espeland, Professor & Section Head, Public Health
Sciences, WFU School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157. Phone: (336)
716-2826; Fax: (336) 716-5425; mespelan@rc.phs.bgsm.edu.
