Academic Planning Worksheet: Statistics

Preparation for your intended major is a factor in the review of your UW transfer application. Use this worksheet to help you plan for admission to your intended major and for UW general education requirements.


Department admission information

This major is capacity-constrained. Completion of prerequisites does not guarantee admission.

Admission is competitive. Successful applicants typically have a cumulative GPA higher than 3.00 in courses listed above with no individual course grade lower than a 2.50.

Students wishing to apply to Statistics must apply by the third Friday of April. Applications are considered once each academic year.


Courses required for admission to major

Directions: Record the courses you have taken, are taking or plan to take prior to UW enrollment that you believe are equivalent to the UW course requirements listed below. Not sure? Use the transfer course equivalency guide.


UW Course Dept. Prefix & Number Term/Year
Example: MATH 124 – Calculus I MATH 151 AUT 08
MATH 124 NW QSR — Calculus Analytic Geometry I
MATH 125 NW — Calculus Analytic Geometry II
MATH 126 NW — Calculus Analytic Geometry III
MATH 224 NW — Advanced Multivariable Calculus I
One course (or an approved substitute*) from the following: STAT 311 NW QSR — Elements of Statistical Methods (highly recommended) OR STAT 390 NW — Statistical Methods in Engineering & Science
Once course from the following: CSE 142 NW — Computer Programming I OR CSE 160 NW — Data Programming

Additional information

Admissions may not be deferred


Additional information

*STAT 220, STAT 221 or STAT 301 are seldom allowed as substitutes for STAT 311 or STAT 390.

Entering transfer information

Total undergraduates, as of autumn 2021 86

Total from Washington community colleges: 1

  • Entering transfer GPA (from WA community colleges):
  • 3.75 – 4.00: 1
  • 3.50 – 3.74: 0
  • 3.25 – 3.49: 0
  • 3.00 – 3.24: 0
  • 2.75 – 2.99: 0
  • 2.50 – 2.74: 0
  • 2.49 and below0
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