统计与生物统计学系提供研究生课程，从而获得统计学理学硕士学位。该计划非常灵活，可以满足不同背景（包括统计学，数学，计算机科学，工程学，商业，经济学和其他定量领域）和不同职业目标的学生的需求。该程序包括“应用统计”，“计算统计”，“数学统计”和“精算科学”中的选项。期望所有学生掌握各种应用的统计，计算和概率技术以及这些技术所基于的理论基础。希望学生熟悉该领域的最新发展，并能够使用统计文献来学习整个职业生涯中的新技术和理论。除了本目录中其他地方规定的一般要求外，学生还必须满足以下段落中规定的部门要求。
The Department of Statistics and Biostatistics offers graduate study leading to the degree Master of Science in Statistics. The program is flexible in order to serve the needs of students with varying backgrounds (including statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, business, economics and other quantitative fields) and with different career objectives. The program includes options in Applied Statistics, Computational Statistics, Mathematical Statistics, and Actuarial Science. All students are expected to master a wide variety of applied statistical, computational, and probabilistic techniques and the theoretical foundations upon which these techniques are based. Students are expected to be familiar with recent developments in the field and to be able to use the statistical literature to learn new techniques and theories throughout their professional careers. In addition to the general requirements stated elsewhere in this catalog, students must satisfy the departmental requirements stated in the following paragraphs.