Statistics is used in almost any discipline including secondary education, biology, health sciences, engineering, computer science and pharmacology, in order to understand and account for randomness and make decisions accordingly. As a result the demand for statisticians is high and the choices available to statisticians are diverse.

The use of statistics has only grown with the advancements and popularity of computers; computers being necessary for quick and reliable statistical calculations. The Statistics major offered by the James Madison Universit requires some form of formal programming course, and such a course is optional for one of the minors. Regardless, our faculty use a variety of statistical programs so you would likely gain experience in at least two of the following:??SPSS,?R?and/or?SAS.