Graduate Placements

The Department of Statistical Science places a very high emphasis on career and professional development. We offer in-house assistance with resume writing, interviewing, communication, and presentation skills through our ProSeminar class and additional workshops. Additionally, potential employers and alumni specifically visit the department to offer information sessions, networking opportunities, and recruitment activities specifically for MSS students. There are numerous career events throughout the Fall and Spring semesters hosted by the department, including MSS Industry Day, Alumni Day, and the MS and Ph.D. Graduate Career Fair (hosted by the Duke Career Center) among others.

We support broad engagement with the campus community through data dialogues, invited industry discussions, DataFest competition, and other projects to allow our students to explore the world of statistics and data science and understand the challenges associated with translating data into application.

Our students can follow diverse career paths including Research/Ph.D. opportunities at renowned universities, or working with industry, government, or non-government organizations in various job roles.

Class of 2024 Placements

Compensation (excluding stock options):

  • Average Base Salary: $131,250
  • Median Base Salary: $135,000
  • Average Sign-On Bonus: $20,000

 

Industry Type

Type of Job Positions

 

  • Brown University, Biostatistics
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Information Systems
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Statistics & Data Science
  • Colorado State University, Statistics
  • Columbia University, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
  • Columbia University, Statistics
  • Dartmouth College, Computer Science
  • Duke Fuqua School of Business, Decision Sciences
  • Duke University, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
  • Duke University, Computer Science
  • Duke University, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Duke University, Statistical Science
  • Florida State University, Statistics
  • Georgetown University, Statistics
  • Georgia Tech, Industrial Engineering
  • Harvard, Biostatistics
  • Iowa State University, Statistics
  • Johns Hopkins University, Biostatistics
  • Northwestern University, Biostatistics
  • Ohio State University, Biostatistics
  • Ohio State University, Statistics
  • Penn State, Statistics
  • Purdue University, Statistics
  • Rice University, Statistics Department
  • Stanford University, Geological Science
  • Texas A&M, Statistics
  • The National University of Singapore, Statistics
  • The University of Hong Kong
  • The University of Texas-Austin, Statistics
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of California - Irvine
  • University of California-Santa Barbara, Statistics and Applied Probability
  • University of California, Berkeley, Finance
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Statistics
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, Statistics
  • University of Chicago, Statistics
  • University of Florida, Statistics
  • University of Georgia, Statistics
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Industrial Engineering
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Statistics
  • University of Michigan, Statistics
  • University of Minnesota, Biostatistics
  • University of Minnesota, Statistics
  • University of North Carolina, Biostatistics
  • University of Pennsylvania, Statistics & Data Science
  • University of Pittsburgh, Statistics
  • University of Rochester, Biostatistics
  • University of Texas at Austin, Statistics
  • University of Toronto, Statistics
  • University of Washington, Information Science
  • University of Washington, Statistics
  • University of Washington, Statistics
  • University of Wisconsin - Madison, Statistics
  • University of Wisconsin, Economics
  • Virginia Tech University, Statistics
  • Wirtschaftsunivertität Wien, Vienna, Statistics/Mathematics

 

  • 2nd Order Solutions
  • Accenture
  • Alibaba, Hangzhou, China
  • Amazon
  • American Express
  • Autodesk
  • Bain & Company
  • Bloomberg
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Boston Consulting Group
  • Brookfield Public Securities
  • ByteDance
  • Capital One
  • China International Capital Corporation
  • Citibank, Shanghai, China
  • CVSHealth
  • D.E. Shaw
  • Dataiku
  • Dell Technologies
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Didi
  • Dish Network
  • eHealth
  • Envestnet
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Envision Digital, Singapore
  • ESPN
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Geometric Data Analysis
  • GLS
  • GM Financial
  • Google
  • Hortifrut
  • Huatai Securities Company
  • Huawei Hong Kong Research Center
  • Huawei, Beijing, China
  • Humana
  • IBM
  • IMC
  • Indeed
  • InfiniaML
  • Infotech Consulting
  • IQVIA
  • J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Kepos Capital
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • Lockerdome
  • Lubrizol
  • McKinsey and Company
  • Meituan
  • Meta
  • Morgan Stanley
  • New York Yankees
  • Oliver Wyman
  • Oracle
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Partners Group
  • Paypal
  • Pfizer
  • Phoenix Capital
  • Phoenix Suns
  • Point 72
  • Proofpoint
  • Uber
  • Quaera Insights
  • Rakuten, Tokyo, Japan
  • RTI
  • SAP Labs
  • Serco
  • Survey Monkey
  • Taikang Life Insurance Co., Ltd. 
  • The Voleon Group
  • Thumbtack
  • Travelers Insurance
  • Truist
  • Twitter
  • Viewport
  • Voya Financial
  • Walmart
  • Warner Bros
  • Wayfair
  • Wells Fargo