Our doctoral program in Statistics and Applied Probability is open to those who hold a bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, or other fields with strong quantitative requirements. Students must have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0, one year of statistical theory that includes hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, best statistics and most powerful tests, regression and ANOVA concepts, and one course in linear algebra that includes vector spaces, bases in vector spaces, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors.

completed an undergraduate or graduate degree at an institution whose primary language of instruction is English. The minimum score for consideration is 550 when taking the paper-based TOEFL, or 80 when taking the internet-based test, some departments require a higher score. Applicants must make arrangements to take the TOEFL directly with ETS (www.ets.org). Scores should be reported to UCSB using institution code 4835. TOEFL scores must be no more than two years old at the time of application submission. UCSB also considers a minimal score of 7 on the IELTS as an alternative to the TOEFL. IELTS scores must be no more than two years old at the time of application submission