统计专业的哲学博士课程要求至少76学时的研究生学分，包括已完成MS学位的工作。研究生院要求拥有至少3.00的gpa才能获得博士学位。但是，统计学和精算学系要求获得至少3.40的gpa才能获得博士学位。在统计中。这包括用于满足学位要求的所有课程，以及与学生课程相关的其他课程。博士 学生完成必修课程，包括在四个集中领域之一中的四门课程：生物统计学，概率/数学统计，统计计算或精算科学/金融数学（有关领域描述和课程列表，请参见下面的“集中领域”）。他们可能会在其他部门参加课程工作或研讨会，以将专业领域与其他知识领
The Doctor of Philosophy program in statistics requires a minimum of 76 s.h. of graduate credit, including work completed for the M.S. degree. The Graduate College requires a minimum g.p.a. of 3.00 to graduate with a Ph.D. degree, however, the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science requires a higher g.p.a. of at least 3.40 to earn the Ph.D. in statistics. This includes all courses used to meet degree requirements plus additional courses that are relevant to a student's program. Ph.D. students complete required coursework, including four courses in one of four concentration areas: actuarial science/financial mathematics, biostatistics, data science, or probability/mathematical statistics (see Concentration Areas below for area descriptions and course lists). They may take coursework or seminars in other departments to relate an area of specialization to other fields of knowledge, to acquire the ability to use electronic digital computing equipment, or to learn non-English language skills necessary for reading scientific journals and communicating with scholars in other languages.