The digital revolution has created vast quantities of data. Extracting knowledge and insight from this avalanche of information is the goal of data science.

"What kind of person does all this? What abilities make a data scientist successful? Think of him or her as a hybrid of data hacker, analyst, communicator, and trusted advisor. The combination is extremely powerful - and rare." -Harvard Business Review

Data science tops the list of most desirable careers because of its explosion in hiring demand and its high earning potential.

Data scientist was coined the "sexiest job of the 21st century" by the Harvard Business Review.

https://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century/

The University of Evansville's Statistics and Data Science Program equips students with the quantitative, technological, and liberal arts skills necessary to land a job in this competitive field.

• Engage with a project-drive curriculum.

• Master cutting-edge statistical software.

• Receive a first-class liberal arts education.

• It is estimated that by 2018 there will be twice as many data science jobs as there are data scientists.

• Data scientists earn $100,000+ salaries.

Extracting knowledge and insight from data is the goal of data science.