Stats PhD programs for Industry (Fall 2018)

[Statsfan]

Can anyone recommend Stats PhD programs that have good alumni industry placement?

 

I'm applying for Fall 2018 and just recently realized I do not want to stay in academia after PhD. I'm interested in regression and building models, business/medical related fields are much appreciated due to my backgrounds. I have thought of MS programs, however, funding is an issue for me (I'm international) and thus doing PhD makes more sense.

Institution: State school ranked in top 30 of West Regional Colleges (Texas)

Major: Applied Statistics

GPA: Cumulative ~3.6 - 3.7, major GPA is probably the same or slightly higher.

GRE: Taking in 2 weeks, practice scores are in the 75th percentile only for Q and V - This will be edited once my score is in.

Classes taken:

• R programming (A)
• SAS (A)
• Regression (A)
• Time Series (A)
• Calculus-based Probability (A)
• Analysis I (A)
• Discrete Math (A)
• Linear Algebra (A)
• Calculus II (C); Calculus I (B) - These are really bad, I know. It was a few years ago, back when I didn't know better.

Letters of Recommendation: I will probably get at least 2 stellar letters of recommendation.

Research: Senior project (Next semester) - This basically means nothing so far.

Work/Job: I'm currently a Calculus instructional leader (only this semester), and I was an Assistant Project Manager intern in Asia for a year (~ 5 years ago).

Other things worth mentioning: Got an Applied Associate's in Business and was doing BS in Biotech before deciding it's not good for me (after 2 years, too late) and then switched to Stats a year ago.

Concerns: 

1. My calculus grades are weak and I'm not sure there's much I can do about it. I hope my calculus job and my other math grades somewhat make up for them. Will this hurt my chance a lot?
2. Minimal/Zero research is really alarming and I only know about this recently. I wasn't thinking about PhD when I switched over to Stats so I'm pretty unprepared. Any suggestions on quick improvements?
3. The constant switching of majors: I think this could hurt or help me depending on how well I explain things. I'm not sure how best to describe this situation except I didn't know what to do with my life. Please enlighten me on how best to make this not a liability in my application.

 

Thanks ahead for any advice/answers.

Edited October 22, 2017 by Statsfan