Graduate Programs & Careers

Utah State University offers a variety of graduate programs including masters, doctorate, and graduate certificates.

Yan Sun, Ph.D

Director of Graduate Studies, Professor

Yan Sun

Office Location: Animal Science 310
Phone: 435.797.2861
Email: yan.sun@usu.edu

Gary Tanner

Graduate Program Coordinator

Gary Tanner

Office Location: Animal Science 108
Phone: 435.797.2595
Email: gary.tanner@usu.edu

Doctoral Degrees

Learn more about our doctoral degrees, including specializations and program requirements.

Graduate Certificates

Graduate certificates are a great way to augment your graduate program focus in the areas of data science and machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Summary Requirements

Program Credits Exam or Other Qualifying Requirements Research
M.S. Mathematics 30 credits(at least 18 credits at a 6000 level or above including research) Comprehensive exam in Advanced Calculus, and B or better in at least two topic tracks Plan A: 6 credits research
Plan B: 3 credits research
M.S. Statistics 30 credits(at least 18 credits at a 6000level or above including research) B or better for both semester of either Math 5710 & 5720 or STAT 6710 & 6720. Plan A: 6 credits research
Plan B: 3 credits research
M.S. Industrial Mathematics 36 credits (at least 15 credits at a 6000 level including reseach, 9 credits outside Math & Stat) B or better in one of Math 5410 or 5420, one of Math 5610 or 5620 and STAT 5100. Professional internship (MATH 6250) also required. Plan B: 3 credits research
Master of Mathematics 36 credits Comprehensive exam inMathematics Teaching or Comprehensive exam in Advanced Calculus No research credits required
Master of Data Analytics 33 credits (plus STAT 5100 if not already taken; 17 credits from program core,and 16 from emphasis area No exam, but a Capstone Project and Internship in Data Analytics is required of all students. No research credits required
Ph.D. 45 with prior Masters, 72 without prior Masters, (no more than 15 at 5000 level) Comprehensive exam determined by committee; for "Pure and Applied" and "Interdisciplinary Studies" options, also B or better in at least two 6000-level topic tracks 18 - 24 credits research