Statistics

TOEFL: Internet-Based Test (IBT): Minimum Overall Required Score: 80
Minimum section requirements:

• Reading: 20
• Listening: 20
• Speaking: 20
• Writing: 20

IELTS (Academic Module): Minimum Overall Required Score: 6.5
Minimum section requirements:

• Reading: 6.5
• Listening: 6.5
• Speaking: 6.5
• Writing: 6.5

Graduate Certificate Program Requirements

• Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree:
  
  • 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
  • STAT 511
  • STAT 512

  Doctoral and Master's Degree Program Requirements

  • Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree:
    
    • 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)

    Application Deadlines

    Residential

    Fall	Spring	Summer
    December 31	October 15	No Entry

    Online

    Fall	Spring	Summer
    July 1	December 1	No Entry

    Program Contact Information

    Residential

    Name	Graduate Coordinator
    Phone	765-494-5794
    Email	graduate@stat.purdue.edu
    Web	Program Website Statistics "How to Apply"
    Address	Department of Statistics Purdue University 150 North University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2066 USA

    Online

    Name	Applied Statistics MS and Graduate Certificate
    Phone	(765) 496-5646
    Email	POApply@purdue.edu
    Address	Purdue Online Admissions 155 South Grant Street Young Hall, Room 406 West Lafayette, IN 47906 USA

    Additional Information

    • Current master’s students wishing to move to a doctoral degree program in this same graduate program will not be required to submit a new application.
    • Please include information about computer programming skills in the application.
    • An applicant's mathematical training should include linear algebra and advanced calculus; probability and mathematical statistics are desirable.
    • Before you apply, please visit the Statistics how to apply page.

    The following English proficiency minimum scores are required by this program for the tests listed below. To view additional English proficiency options accepted by this program and the Graduate School, visit the English Proficiency Requirements page.

    TOEFL: Internet-Based Test (IBT): Minimum Overall Required Score: 80
    Minimum section requirements:

    • Reading: 20
    • Listening: 20
    • Speaking: 20
    • Writing: 20

    IELTS (Academic Module): Minimum Overall Required Score: 6.5
    Minimum section requirements:

    • Reading: 6.5
    • Listening: 6.5
    • Speaking: 6.5
    • Writing: 6.5