Penn State's online graduate programs in applied statistics are designed to improve your research and data-analysis expertise and refine and maximize your analytical talents. The skills you learn in these programs can be applied across the business, education, health, science, governmental, and technology fields. The graduate certificate in applied statistics helps professionals from various backgrounds who want to improve their data analysis skills.
Penn State's 12-credit online graduate certificate in applied statistics consists of required and elective courses that can deepen your knowledge of statistical analysis and provide you with:
The graduate certificate allows you to simultaneously gain graduate credit and a highly valued skill set. The applied statistics program is designed as a "stand-alone" certificate or can serve as a "step-up" program into a master's degree — including the master of applied statistics degree.