Graduate Certificate in Statistics
Providing graduate students with training in statistics and related skills (e.g., data science) that will help prepare them to be competitive in today's job market.
What is a Graduate Certificate in Statistics?
The Graduate Certificate in Statistics equips graduate students with essential skills in statistics and related fields like data science, enhancing their competitiveness in today's job market. Statisticians are experts in data-driven decision-making, identifying necessary data, designing experiments, analyzing and interpreting results, and presenting their findings. Unlike many other professions, statistics is versatile and applicable across diverse areas such as environmental issues, public safety, healthcare, and sports.
Please note that the Graduate Certificate in Statistics is an on-campus program; no on-line alternative exists.
Admission Requirements
Admission to the Statistics Certificate Program typically requires that the student is already enrolled in a graduate program. This means you must first be accepted into a master's or doctoral program and then apply to the certificate program within that graduate school.
Additional Requirements:
- Completion of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
- A cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Course Requirements (15 credits)
Departmental Statistics Courses
Quantitative Methods II (6)
*Prerequisite ED PS 7010
Plus one of the following
Psychometric Theory (3) (offered every fall)
Advanced Research Design (3) (offered every spring)
Introduction to Hierarchical Linear Modeling (3) – Summer 2022
Statistics Electives - two of the following
Structural Modeling (3)
Ad Structural Equation Modeling (3)
Analysis of Temporal Data (3-4)
Multilevel Modeling (1-3)
Survey of Statistical Packages (3)
STAT 6147**
Foundations of Applied Data Analytics & Visualization (3)
Nonparametric Statistics (3)
Special Topics in Statistics (3)
**Pending due to changes
Cost & Application
If you are not a University of Utah graduate student, you will need to apply as a non-matriculated student to the University of Utah. If you are a Utah resident, non-matriculated tuition would be the same as in-state graduate tuition. If you are non-resident, you would pay non-resident tuition, or international tuition if you are not a resident of the United States.
Resident and Non-Resident Students
International Graduate Students
Applications must be complete and approved PRIOR to taking the STAT elective courses.
