Opportunities in Statistics

Internships

• NORC: Social science research (survey design)
   
• Mayo Clinic: Biostatistics
   
• Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics at North Carolina State
   
• Actuarial internships:
    American Family Insurance
    State Farm
    Mutual of Omaha
   
• US Census Bureau
   
• US Federal Reserve Board
   
• JPSM, Junior Fellow Program: Joint Program in Survey Methodology.
   
• Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU):
    Iowa State
   

Careers, Degree Programs

• General information about careers in statistics.

 
• Statistics and Biology or Public Health, including Biostatistics or Ecology
   
  • Biostatisticsat the University of Minnesota
  • Job description at Merck, a pharmaceutical company
  • Epidemiology at Harvard University
  • Public Health at Johns Hopkins University
  • Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, University of Washington
  
   
• Actuarial Work
   
  • Be an actuary Web site with information about careers, exams, job tips, etc.
  • Allstate Insurance
  • Prepare for actuarial exams at Carleton: Math 111, 121, 211 (Calculus I, II, III) and Math 265 (Probabiity) will prepare you for Exam 1. Math 275 (Mathematical Statistics) will prepare you for Exam 3.
     
• Statistics and the Social Sciences
   
  • Careers at NORC, an organization that conducts surveys on public interest issues (health, education, etc.), including the General Social Survey (GSS).
  • RTI International a non-profit corporation with consulting groups that work in areas such as Behavioral and social statistics, Public utilities and infrastructure, and International development.
  • Educational Testing Service, developers of the SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL exams.
  • Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, University of Washington
  
   
• Miscellaneous careers
   
  • Market Research
  • Sports statistician
  • Expert Witness in Legal Cases
  • Forensic Statistician

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