MSSP Announces Spring 2026 Stats@Work Seminar Series
The Spring 2026 Stats@Work series features leaders from Fidelity, Takeda, and Vizuro discussing how statistical and data science training solves real-world industry challenges.
“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.
The Spring 2026 Stats@Work series features leaders from Fidelity, Takeda, and Vizuro discussing how statistical and data science training solves real-world industry challenges.
MSSP students’ research on lupus outcomes and healthcare disparities has been accepted for presentation at ISPOR 2025, the leading global conference for health economics.
MSSP student Minh Truc Nguyen shares her journey from electrical engineering to statistics and reflects on the program’s hands-on learning, community, and career impact.
MSSP students partner with healthcare organizations to apply statistical analysis to rheumatology research and better understand patient outcomes and treatments.