Sports Analytics Pathway
Sports analytics combines statistics, data science, and a passion for sports to support decision-making by teams, coaches, and organizations.
By applying statistical methods to sports data, students develop skills in data analysis, modeling, programming, and communication while exploring questions related to athletes, teams, and performance.
Student Spotlights
Potential Careers
Opportunities to pursue roles as:
- Sports Analyst
- Sports Data Analyst
- Performance Analyst
- Analytics Coordinator
- Sports Research Analyst
- Quantitative Analyst
- Sports Business Analyst
You can apply statistics to anything. For me and for a lot of people, I feel like it's sports.
Curriculum
If you enjoy analyzing performance data, identifying trends, and communicating insights, consider coursework and experiences that build technical and analytical skills within a sports context.
Suggested electives:
- Select general elective: STAT 3137X (Statistics in Sports)
- Select social sciences electives:
- Select statistics electives:
- DS 3030 (Concepts and Applications of Machine Learning)
- STAT 4237X (Sports Analytics)
- Select computing course: DS 2020 (Data Acquisition and Exploratory Data Analysis)
Explore a Sports Media and Communication minor.
Suggested experiences:
- Work or volunteer with university athletic programs
- Learn more about Iowa State University Athletics student positions
- Join the Sports Analytics student organization