Approved course work taken to meet doctoral requirements in the student's home department may also be credited toward the MS in statistics. Similarly, approved course work in statistics taken to meet the requirements for a master's or doctoral degree in another department may also count toward the statistics minor.?

The program is open to graduate students in all participating departments which have an approved minor and/or MS joint major curriculum offered through the program. The program is administered by an executive committee, consisting of college representatives from all colleges with approved programs, with advisory input from the program faculty.