1. The Hottest Career of the 21st Century
Statistics
The Hottest Career of the 21st Century

2. What is statistics?
It’s not what you think it is.

3. So, what is statistics? Statistics is...
The science of learning from data
It’s analyzing information
It’s creating models to
capture insights
It’s solving complex problems

4. So, what do statisticians do?
Help companies make sense of the world
around us by analyzing data.
Use data to solve complex
problems, in fields like business,
medicine, public service
and more.

5. Statisticians help manage the earth’s natural resources
Fjallsjökull glacier in Iceland

6. Statisticians reduce disease and improve medicines
Spiral strand of DNA

7. Statisticians work for professional sports teams to make strategic draft picks
Jarvis Hayes, Darius Songalia, Mark Madsen and Rashad McCants. Image source: Keith Allison

8. Statisticians improve voter targeting and assess the success of government policies and programs
President Barack Obama campaign rally in Urbandale, Iowa, Image source: White House

9. Statisticians help protect human rights in developing countries
Yezidi children in an internally displaced person camp in Sharya, Iraq. Image source: Human Rights Data Analysis Group

10. Statisticians advance computing through machine learning, speech recognition and artificial intelligence
Data center

11. Statisticians are crucial to making industry more efficient and financial institutions stronger
Budweiser plant. Image source: Ryan Glenn

12. Why study statistics?
The opportunity is endless.

13. Statistics education is incredibly useful in a wide array of majors
Marketing
Business and Finance
Medicine and Healthcare
Data Science
Journalism
Communications and Public Relations
Government and Public Policy
Biological Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Criminology
Genetics
Physical Therapy and Movement Sciences
Marine Sciences
Geography
Linguistics
Food Sciences and Nutrition
Agriculture and Horticulture
Education
Statistics!

14. Statistics education also offers a strong return on investment.

15. “The Fastest-Growing STEM Major in the U.S.”
Move over, computer science. Bachelor’s Degrees in Statistics have soared 95% since 2010…the number of U.S. colleges granting degrees in the field has already gone up, from 74 in 2003 to 110 within 10 years, and 20 more schools have recently added new programs.
Source: Fortune, February 10, 2015

16. In fact, statistics graduates are in high-demand across nearly every industry.
Most in-demand skill in 2014, according to LinkedIn.
Among the fastest-growing jobs.
The McKinsey Global Institute predicts a shortage of up to 190,000 people with the data analysis skills to work with Big Data.

17. “#1 in Best Business Jobs”
Statistics is one of the oldest professions in the world, it dates back to the 1700s. There’s a tremendous history
...and now more exciting opportunities. It has never
been a better time to be a statistician.
Source: U.S. News & World, February 12, 2016

18. Women earn more than 40% of undergraduate statistics degrees.
Statistics offers a wide variety of careers to choose from.
Ranked by Fortune as the top graduate degree based on salary, growth and job satisfaction.

19. Statistics offers a wide variety of careers to choose from
Environmental statistician
Industrial statistician for a manufacturer
Econometrician in financial services
Biostatistician
Data journalist
Director of analytics for a professional sports team
Professor of statistics
Data analyst of marine life
Data scientist at a software company
Public health
statistician for a municipal health department
Statistician at a human rights organization
Data scientist for a political campaign
Statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau
Data analyst at an online retailer
Clinical trial statistician at a pharmaceutical company

20. A career in statistics means choosing an exciting field where your work really matters.

21. “Women Flocking to Statistics”
As the demand explodes for workers in high-tech professions who can analyze the staggering amounts of raw digital data produced every year, women barely register.
Except In One Field: Statistics.
Source: The Washington Post, “Women Flocking to Statistics, the Newly Hot, High-Tech Field of Data Science,” December 2014.

22. So, what are you waiting for? Start studying statistics today!
Sign up for a course in statistics.
Consider doing a minor in statistics.
If you like everything you’ve heard today, consider pursuing a degree in statistics.
The possibilities are endless.

23. Learn more at ThisisStatistics.org