MSSP Research Accepted at ACR Convergence 2026
MSSP students, an alum, and faculty contributed to an accepted poster through the program’s partner project with Alira Health and FORWARD.
“Statistical practice” includes activities such as designing the collection of, summarizing, processing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data and model or algorithm development and deployment.
— American Statistical Association
Our MSSP graduates have gone on to careers as: Statisticians, Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Consultants, Quantitative Research Analysts, Financial Modelers, and Business Intelligence Analysts.
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$104,350 MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY |
+32.7% PROJECTED JOB GROWTH (2024-34) |
34,600 TOTAL US JOBS |
The beating heart of BU's Master of Science in Statistical Practice (MSSP) is its Practicum. Each semester, students engage in active Statistics & Data Science consulting projects with industry partners, governmental organizations, nonprofits, and a broad array of on-campus researchers.
MSSP students, an alum, and faculty contributed to an accepted poster through the program’s partner project with Alira Health and FORWARD.
How Ruihang Han went from applied mathematics to PhD research, and how BU’s MSSP helped him make the transition.
How BU’s MSSP helped Xihao Cao turn applied statistics, real-world projects, and faculty support into a data science career at Walmart.
MSSP students’ research on lupus outcomes and healthcare disparities has been accepted for presentation at ISPOR 2025, the leading global conference for health economics.