Welcome to the Florida State University Department of Statistics. Founded in 1959, it is the oldest statistics department in the state of Florida and has expanded significantly over the years since its inception. In the mid-2000s, the department added biostatistics master's and doctoral programs and a data science degree a decade later. Additionally, it is the only statistics department in the state to offer graduate degrees in statistics, biostatistics and data science. FSU statistics is a large and active department with well over 100 graduate students, nearly 200 undergraduates, and 35 faculty and staff. It has grown from occupying one-and-a-quarter floors of our current building to now controlling five floors of classrooms, study rooms, Zoom studios, break and study rooms, faculty offices and meeting spaces, and a visualization laboratory.
In addition to offering graduate degrees, the department awards a bachelor's degree in statistics. Undergraduate majors will soon have the opportunity to tailor their B.S. curriculum with a new data science track as well as a university certificate in statistical data science.
Award-winning departmental faculty have been elected and appointed fellows in prestigious professional statistical societies. They are actively researching important problems in network analysis, Bayesian analysis, biostatistics, machine learning and AI, and nonparametric statistics, to name just a few of the many areas of research being pursued in our department by both faculty and students. Their research has been recognized with significant external funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, among many others. More information on individual faculty can be found on our People page.
Our excellent staff keep our programs running smoothly: tracking graduation, handling scheduling and course offerings, providing program advising, and being a first stop for questions from our students. Find our staff and their specialties on our Staff page.
Explore our website and learn more about the department, people and programs. For students considering one of our degree programs, we encourage you to discover the many opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students. Alumni, please enjoy seeing what has changed and what has remained the same since your time here.
Finally, please consider supporting the Department of Statistics. Your contributions help provide scholarships and travel awards for students, bring distinguished speakers to campus, and advance the department’s teaching and research mission. To learn more, please visit give.fsu.edu.