Companies such as Amazon, eBay, Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify and many more rely on tailored content, advertising and personalized experiences. These companies were among the first to harness the power of big data, which is generated at an estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes each day.Numerous studies indicate that the demand for college graduates with data science skills will increase significantly as the "data deluge" sweeps into nearly every business and industry.?Cal U's B.S. in Statistics and Data Science program teaches you to think like a data scientist as you develop core competencies in:

• Basic tools, such as statistical software and programming languages.

• Statistics and machine learning.

• Calculus and linear algebra.

• Data cleaning.

• Data visualization and communication.

• Software engineering.?