博士 应用统计学课程设在德克萨斯州大学圣安东尼奥分校商学院管理科学与统计系，该课程借鉴了圣安东尼奥UT健康科学中心广泛的健康相关专业知识，以补充UTSA统计系。该计划将满足在生物统计学，商业，工程学和一般应用统计学领域接受博士学位培训的个人对国家和州日益增长的需求。统计方法无处不在，并在社会，物理和生物医学以及商业领域中用于处理信息以辅助决策。在这个先进的技术时代，对具有设计经验和通过最新的计算技术分析大型复杂数据集的专业知识的个人的需求在不断增长。特别是，真正需要具有博士学位的专业人员。应用统计学学位。
The PhD in Applied Statistics addresses the growing demand in a wide range of fields for individuals with doctoral training in statistical theory and methodology who can apply statistical methods to solve business problems. With constant technological advancement, the need for individuals who can design experiments and analyze large, complex data sets with the latest tools and technology continues to grow.<br>The demand for statisticians is high, especially for individuals trained to analyze big data in the areas of biomedical development, fraud detection, cyber security and defense-related issues. Job opportunities exist in a variety of industries including education, energy, finance, government, healthcare, insurance and manufacturing.<br>Research is carried out while students are taking formal coursework and during the summers. As research assistants, students are involved with faculty in joint research activities and pursue their own research objectives under faculty supervision. These activities should lead to authoring or co-authoring papers presented at academic meetings and possibly submitted for publication by the time the student is ready for dissertation research. (To compete successfully in the job market, students should give high priority to presenting papers at meetings and publications while in the program.)