统计科学硕士学位课程由数学和统计系管理，并提供论文和非论文两种选择。通过该计划，学生将接受行业或政府专业职业的出色培训，同时获得足够的理论背景，使其有资格教授基础统计学或继续攻读更高级的学位课程。所有学科的毕业生均可参加统计学统计学的硕士课程。该研究课程融合了统计理论和统计方法，它为研究生提供了作为统计顾问参与实际项目的机会。此外，非论文选题具有足够的灵活性，可以让对统计学应用领域特别感兴趣的研究生向该特定应用领域的未成年人提供帮助。
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Mississippi State University is housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, and offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science in Mathematics, Master of Science in Statistics, and Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences. These programs are flexible and permit specialization in many areas of mathematics and statistics. Mississippi State University is a Land-Grant Institution with a Carnegie classification of Doctoral/Research University-Extensive and an enrollment of over 20,000 of which approximately 3,430 are graduate students. Founded in 1878 as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, the University has since diversified to become a comprehensive research institution offering both graduate and undergraduate degrees in eight colleges and professional schools. Mississippi State University consistently makes the annual lists of the top 100 universities in the United States in obtaining research funds from external sources.