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Brigham Young University - Provo

Department of Statistics

Provo, UT

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Overview

Department of Statistics / Department of Statistics is located in Provo, UT, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree Concentration Sub-concentration
Master of Science (MS) Applied statistics

Degrees Awarded

Degree Number Awarded
Master's Degrees 14

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available? No
Evening/weekend programs available? No
Distance learning programs available? No
Terminal master's degree available? No

Degree Requirements

Degree Requirement
Master's Degrees Entrance Exam GRE General Test
Comp Exam Required
Thesis Alternate accepted
Thesis or Project
Other Advanced Degrees Project or Portfolio

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

29
Applied
16
Accepted
15
Enrolled
55%

Applying

50
Application Fee - Domestic
Yes
Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type Domestic International Priority date
Fall deadline January 15th January 15th No

Entrance Requirements

Exam Details
Master's Degree Exam GRE General Test
Master's Degree Requirements Bachelor's degree from an accredited US university or equivalent, minimum 3.3 undergraduate GPA, 2 methods courses beyond introductory statistics, 2 courses in calculus-based statistical theory, differential calculus, integral calculus, multivariate calculus, a course in linear algebra. B- or higher in each course, math minor recommended.

International Students

Exam Details
TOEFL: Required TOEFL Paper score: 564
TOEFL IBT score: 85
IELTS: Required IELTS Paper score: 7

Tuition & Fees

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Tuition & Fees

$15,864
Tuition & Fees
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Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit: FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards April 23
Types of financial support available Scholarship and/or loans

Student Body

33
Total Graduate Students
Not Reported
International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 6.06%
Black or African American 3.03%
White or Caucasian 96%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0%
Asian 3.03%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0%
Two or more races 0%
Unknown 0%

Gender

Male (66%)
Female (33%)

Faculty

19
Total faculty
Full-time - 19
Part-time - 0
Male (15)
Female (4)

Research

Focus of faculty research: Machine learning, random forests, manifold learning, manifold alignment, dimensionality reduction, predicting ambulatory care sensitive emergency department admissions, dependent point processes with applications in public policy and traffic engineering, actuarial methods in health applications of statistical mechanics to multiple agent problems, spatial factor analysis models for combining climate model output and spatial point patterns, sports and human performance, mixed effect models, computational health, data science & data sci. teaching
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:
37,048

Location & Contact

Address Brigham Young University
2152 West View Building
Provo, UT  84602
United States
Contact Dr. Dennis Lee Eggett
Associate Chair/ Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: theegg@byu.edu
Phone: -422-4199

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