All statistics majors are advised to obtain a minor.
Frequent minors are computer science, mathematics.
However, students are also advised to seek a minor in a field of application such as biology, economics, a field of business, genetics, political science, or psychology. Internships with large commercial, governmental, health and industrial organizations give direct experience with applications of statistics and are valuable either in continuing to graduate school or in applying for a permanent position. Choosing to do After Graduation Of the B.S. graduates from the Department of Statistics who graduated over the period from fall 1990 to Spring 1998, the following have been the percentages of these making the indicated first career choices. This list contains the names of some organizations who have hired B.S. statistics graduates. N.J. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., Ft.