Overview

Department of Mathematics and Statistics / Department of Mathematics and Statistics is located in Brookings, SD, in a small setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Computational science and statistics
Master of Science (MS)	Mathematics
Master of Science (MS)	Statistics

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	12
Doctoral Degrees	3

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Thesis Required for some Oral exam
Doctoral Degrees	Comp Exam Required Thesis Required Oral and written exams

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

25

Applied

18

Accepted

12

Enrolled

Applying

35

Application Fee - Domestic

No

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	April 1st	April 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Graduate Assistantships

Student Body

42

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	0%
Black or African American	0%
White or Caucasian	66%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	33.33%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	0%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (66%)

Female (33%)

Faculty

12

Total faculty

Full-time - 12

Part-time - 0

Male (11)

Female (1)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Financial mathematics, predictive analytics, operations research, bioinformatics, biostatistics, computational science, statistics, number theory, abstract algebra
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	310,000

Location & Contact

Address 1015 Campanile Avenue
Brookings, SD  57007
United States

Contact Dr. Kurt Cogswell
Head
Email: kurt.cogswell@sdstate.edu
Phone: 605-688-6196
Fax: 605-688-5880

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