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Statistics & Data Science
Turning messy data into decisions: probability, inference, visualisation and large-scale analytics.
Who it suits
ICE
- Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why
- Organiser: structure, data, precision
- Persuader: leading, selling, starting things
Students here tend to be a bit more curious, organised than average.
Builds on
Mathematics ●●●Computer science ●●
Typically offers
High salary · Job security · Working with technology
Where it leads
Data scientist · Statistician · Data analyst · Biostatistician · Analytics engineer
US median earnings, one year after a bachelor’s
$54,246
College Scorecard, US Department of Education
1,243 programmes tracked
🇺🇸 United States 710🇩🇪 Germany 230🇨🇭 Switzerland 98🇦🇺 Australia 93🇫🇷 France 51🇫🇮 Finland 31🇦🇹 Austria 30
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