Columbia MS in Applied Statistics

[BlueRobin]

I just stumbled upon the fact that Columbia offers a MS in Applied Statistics from its Teachers College. I had only known about its MA in Statistics from GSAS previously. The MS seems like a hidden gem. It's about $10,000 cheaper than the MA, and only takes a year instead of a year and a half. I'm also guessing admissions is easier since I can't find anything about it online, which indicates to me that not many people have heard of it.

 

So, here's my question: For someone who wants to go into industry, will employers know (and care) about the difference between the MA in Statistics and the MS in Applied Statistics? Or will they just see Columbia Statistics on my resume and not delve into the matter further? I'm also guessing that the MA is more rigorous than the MS, but does anyone know of any other differences between them? 

 

Thanks in advance.

[sassywalrus]

I don't know if this helps but I pretty much had the same train of thought you did. I went from looking at stat programs, to applied statistics, to statistics programs within schools of education (TC in your case).

I'll be attending Penn GSE for the MS SMART degree in the fall. While I work in education (kind of stumbled into it), my undergrad degree is in economics and my broad interest is survey design & analysis / data analysis in general.

I don't think employers will really care if your degree is from a school of education, the coursework is pretty much the same.