About Master’s Program,
This page contains information concerning the admissions process to the Dr. Bing Zhang Department of Statistics at the University of Kentucky. More information on the graduate program itself and requirements for admission may be found in our program descriptions. If you have any questions not addressed by these pages, feel free to email to stat-dgs@uky.edu.
Master’s Program Degree Eligibility with GPA,
- The minimum undergraduate GPA requirement is 2.75. Graduate requirement is 3.0
- want to analyze real data from other fields, while using their mathematical background
- want to perform data science applications on real data during graduate school
- want to learn to develop novel data science or statistical methods
- programming to produce interpretable results that are mathematically appropriate
Master’s Funding Coverage,
All applicants are automatically considered for Fellowships and Assistantships; no separate application is required.
Assistantships in our department include:
- Approximately 20 hours of work per week
- Full tuition scholarship (resident/non-resident tuition — includes international student tuition) and student health insurance
- Stipends and Fellowships ranging from $22,000 to $23,000 for Fall/Spring semesters
- Designated individual desk space with a desktop computer in shared student offices
- Summer funding opportunities
- Travel funding opportunities
- Opportunities to work in the Predictive Analytics and Data Science Hubon real data analyses
- UK covers fees that are mandatory for all students. Some students may be responsible for additional fees (g., international fee, course lab fees). For specific details, please email statoffice@uky.edu.
Application Requirement,
- Official Transcripts:
- Letters of Recommendation: Contact information for three recommenders
- Personal Statement.
- GRE is optional.
- If your primary language is not English, language screening (e.g. TOEFL) is required. For minimum language screening requirements, see the graduate school bulletin.
- Minimum requirements: a three or four semester sequence in calculus and a course in linear algebra.
- Prior course work in probability and/or statistics is desirable, but not required.
Application Deadline,
Feb 01, 2025
Application Fee,
Domestic applicants is $65.00 per application
International applicants the fee is $75.00
