Statistics & Data Science

Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Statistics & Data Science is world-renowned for the significance of its contributions to statistical theory and practice and for its outstanding interdisciplinary applied research and will prepare you to innovate with data and tackle pressing local, national and global challenges.

Renowned for its undergraduate and graduate academic programs, we focus on providing an educational experience that supports and challenges students and offers collaborative experiences in both research and real-world applications. Our popular undergraduate program is known for its depth and breadth in both applied and methodological topics with excellent graduate school and job placement. We have cutting edge professional master’s programs in applied data science and computational finance and a thriving Ph.D. program that attracts exceptional students from around the world.

Faculty are engaged in a wide range of theoretical, methodological, and interdisciplinary research, making fundamental advances in neuroscience, networks, finance, genetics, sports, public policy, high dimensional inference, and theory and methods at the intersection of statistics and machine learning.

Upcoming Events

9/16 - Maggie Niu - Preferential Latent Space Models for Networks with Textual Edges, 4–6 pm, Tepper Quad, Simmons Auditorium B

9/20 - STAMPS Research Center Launch Event
4–6 pm, Tepper Quad, Simmons Auditorium B, Registration required