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PhD, Biostatistics option.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="uw-column three-column"> <div class="uw-page-element uw-pe uw-pe-text_block" data-page-element="text_block" > <div class="uw-text-block uw-drop-shadow"> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7201 aligncenter" src="https://stat.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/870/2022/12/Capture.png" alt="" width="64" height="43" /></p> <p><a href="https://stat.wisc.edu/graduate-admissions/ms-datascience/"><strong>MS Data Science</strong></a>, our newest graduate program, is a joint professional program between the Statistics and Computer Sciences Departments.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="uw-column three-column"> <div class="uw-page-element uw-pe uw-pe-text_block" data-page-element="text_block" > <div class="uw-text-block uw-drop-shadow"> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7201 aligncenter" src="https://stat.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/870/2022/12/Capture.png" alt="" 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