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Mathematics vs Statistics

Two majors on the same score axes — relative within this site's forty.

Mathematics

VS 📉

Statistics

Mathematics Statistics

96 Academic rigor 86

80 Selectivity 70

70 Employability 88

68 Creativity 52

100 Math intensity 90

28 People-facing 44

Where graduates often go

Mathematics

Mathematician

Core

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Data scientist

Applied

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Physicist

Overlap

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Statistics

Data scientist

Industry

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Economist

Econometrics

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Physician

Clinical trials path

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