Statistics Certificate

Department Location: Minard Hall 334
Department Email: ndsu.stats@ndsu.edu
Department Web Site: www.ndsu.edu/statistics/
Application Deadline: Application deadline is March 15 for international students and applicants who would like an opportunity for an assistantship if available.
Credential Offered: Certificate
Test Requirement: TOEFL ibt 79; IELTS 6.5; Duolingo 105

Students hoping to earn the certificate must take 12 semester credit hours consisting of graduate level courses in statistics.
- STAT 725 Applied Statistics needs to be the first course taken for students with little or no prior knowledge of statistics. No credit will be given for STAT 725 for the certificate if it is not the first course taken.
- Statistics courses numbered 700-724 do not count towards this degree.
- Students in the certificate program cannot receive credit for both STAT 661 Applied Regression Models and STAT 726 Applied Regression and Analysis of Variance STAT 726 is recommended.
- Students in this program cannot receive credit for both STAT 670 Statistical SAS Programming and STAT 671 Introduction to the R Language.
Students need to apply to the graduate certificate program in Statistics at least one semester prior to completion.
After completing the requirements for the certificate, please contact the Department of Statistics to verify completion.

Admission and Application Requirements

Graduate School admission and application requirements are found on the Admission Information page.