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B.S. in Business Statistics


BS-Business-Statistics

Improve business strategy for long-term success. 

Grove City College offers a business statistics major as part of our highly successful business program. With our bachelor’s degree in business statistics, you will be prepared to enter top graduate programs or immediately make an impact as a market researcher, statistician, financial analyst, or another related position in the field. Jobs like these are among the highest-demand positions in business today, and they require the kind of knowledge, quantitative reasoning, and ethics that you will cultivate at Grove City College. If you have strong quantitative and computer skills and hope to use those gifts in applied contexts to serve businesses and improve society, this is the program for you.

Program Highlights
  • Personal access to highly accomplished faculty mentors who will equip you to stand out with expertise in statistical analysis that supports strategic planning.
  • Industry-standard curriculum quality and program objectives.
  • Internship opportunities in a wide range of professional environments with companies such as Ipsos, PPG, Hewlett-Packard, and Mylan.
  • Research opportunities alongside experienced, published faculty ranging in topic from international issues to information technology implementations.
  • Opportunities to obtain one or more of the following certifications and offer in-demand expertise to your future employer.
    • Excel: Microsoft Office Specialist
    • Excel: Microsoft Office Expert
    • Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) from the Project Management Institute
    • Tableau Certification
  • 64 - 67 credit hours of rigorous undergraduate coursework balancing breadth and depth to give you a solid foundation in statistics, business, and computer science. For detailed course descriptions, view the College Catalog.
    • Business core courses incorporated into your schedule to build your background in statistics, marketing, accounting, and finance, as well as coursework to strengthen your competence in data collection and extraction, manipulation, statistical inference and analysis, risk management, forecasting, computer science, and modern statistical software and modeling.
  • Eight concentrations to choose from that will focus and enrich your major-related studies while preparing you to support major business functions:
    • Accounting
    • Business Analysis
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Software
    • Sport Analytics
    • Operations/Supply Chain
  • Vocation-enriching humanities core classes woven into your academic schedule that cultivate excellent critical thinking, writing, and other communication skills, integrity, and a well-rounded understanding of the world and your place in it.
  • The flexibility to earn a double major in one of the following disciplines or minor in a related field:
  • Business Advisory Group that keeps our program up to date on the latest industry developments, hiring practices, required skills, and technology trends to help us best prepare students for success. Accomplished alumni and friends of the College who constitute the group are eager to connect students with job opportunities.
  • Active on-campus groups, including the Management Association, American Marketing Association, Business Initiative for Leadership Development (BuILD), Society for International Business Affairs, Delta Mu Delta honor society, and the Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation.
Career Outcomes
  • If you are like 96% of Grove City College graduates, you will be prepared to compete for exciting positions with renowned companies like PPG, IPSOS, ALCOA, Procter & Gamble, and others, ranging from private industry groups and consultancies to large corporations, technology companies, and healthcare organizations.
    • Job titles typically associated with this degree include market researcher, financial risk analyst, investment analyst, business logistics specialist, management analyst, supply chain analyst, and statistician, among others.
  • If you are interested in advanced statistical fields, this degree prepares you for additional graduate-level studies at top-tier graduate schools around the country.
  • You will be able to offer in-demand expertise to your future employer by choosing to obtain one or more certifications through various courses in our program, including:
    • Excel: Microsoft Office Specialist
    • Excel: Microsoft Office Expert
    • Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) from the Project Management Institute
    • Tableau Certification.
  • Following our students’ strong track record, you’ll also be ready to demonstrate competitive technical knowledge on the Major Field Test (MFT).
  • As a Grove City College graduate, you are bound to stand out in your field as an ethical statistical expert who can think critically and clearly communicate advanced statistical concepts using modern software tools. Regardless of where you land, you will possess the skills and big-picture vision to solve company problems and promote flourishing in society through business.