Admissions

Prospective applicants should consult the Graduate Admissions opens in a new tab and the Statistics Department admissions webpages opens in a new tab for complete information on admission prerequisites, application requirements, and deadlines. Admissions is for Autumn Quarter admission only. We do not accept applications for any other quarter.

Applicants apply to the Master of Science degree program in Statistics. Applicants applying to the Statistics Data Science subplan will select Data Science under the Specialization field. Leave this field blank if you do not intend to pursue the Data Science subplan. Current Stanford students interested in applying to the Data Science subplan in Statistics must apply as external candidates opens in a new tab.

The Statistics program does not offer financial aid or assistantships to MS students. Applicants are responsible for securing funding for the entirety of the MS program.

Stanford undergraduates who want to apply for the coterminal master’s degree in Statistics must submit a complete application to the department by the deadline published on the department’s coterminal admissions webpage opens in a new tab.

Applications are accepted three times during the academic year. Each admission cycle pertains to the following academic quarter, with the exception of spring quarter which is applicable to autumn quarter start.

Prospective applicants must contact the Statistics department SSO opens in a new tabearly to discuss their academic goals and understand how the master's degree will fit with their undergraduate degree requirements and expected graduation timeline.

Admission is highly competitive. Successful applicants typically have strong grades in the prerequisite courses required for the Statistics master's program.

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