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So I am trying to decide between UC Santa Barbara's MA Stats program and UC Santa Cruz's MS Stas and Applied Math program . The cost of tuition between the two programs is pretty much the same. My main interest is applied stats and machine learning, and would like to work in industry afterwords, specifically in the data science field. Currently I am leaning towards Santa Cruz, since it is close to the Silicon Valley, and the program is within the engineering school which seems to allow for a more interdisciplinary curriculum. Santa Cruz also has a technology and information management department within the eng school, which has some interesting courses I might want to check out. UC Santa Barbara's stat department does seem to be ranked higher than Santa Cruz though. I would greatly appreciate some advice and input before I made my final decision. Thanks.

I have been accepted to UC Santa Cruz's Statistics and Applied Mathematics MS program, and Rice University's Professional Master in Statistics (M. Stat) program. If my goal is to work in industry, ideally as a data scientist which program do you think I would benefit from more? The program at UC Santa Cruz includes a research project, and Rice only requires the completion of a certain amount of credits. Do employers look at a professional program differently from a MS program? Also UCSC program would cost less money. Any input would be greatly appreciated. UCSC: http://ams.soe.ucsc.edu/academics/graduate Rice: http://statistics.rice.edu/Content_MStat.aspx?id=2147483904

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Has anyone heard back from any of the UC MS stat programs?

Do I still quality for aid if I submit my fafsa past the January 1st deadline? I noticed the Jan 1st deadline was for federal aid, and was wondering what type of federal aid is available for graduate school students?