The Department of Statistics offers Â鶹´«Ã½s the opportunity to grow their expertise in the science of learning from data. No matter what you call them—statistician, financial analyst, market researcher, epidemiologist, actuary, survey researcher, data scientist—statisticians are a diverse group of people with one thing in common: they use statistics to draw valuable insights from data. With a career in statistics, you’re not limited by industry or geography.