Graduate of Masters of Official Statistics can work in both Government and Private Sector. Both central government (MDAs) and local governments’ bodies have statistics and planning departments that make use of statisticians. Government agencies such as central bank, tax authority, port authority, energy regulatory authority etc.  have statistics department as well. International and national non-profit organizations employ statisticians as monitoring and evaluation officers for the projects they carry out in countries they work in. Other statisticians work in the National Statistical Office, these are responsible for the population censuses, economic census and agricultural censures as well as surveys which are smaller undertakings than the census. Some statisticians work in statistical departments of regional integration bodies as EAC, and SADC.

Statistics is a discipline mainly concerned with designing experiments; data collection; data processing, analysis and interpretations to aid understanding; report writing and dissemination. Therefore, graduate of official statistics can employ himself or herself as an independent researcher, data analyst, etc. in any sector of interest.

A minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Finance, Accounts, Commerce, IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Agriculture or other Science and Business related fields that have a strong background in mathematics from a recognized higher learning institution with a minimum GPA of 2.7

Graduates are expected to work in the following careers:

Agricultural or survey statistician, Agricultural Consultant, Farm manager, Agricultural economist, Data Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation officer, Instructor in agricultural statistics, Instructor in agricultural economics, Economic Analyst, Environmental Economist, Statistician, Supply chain manager, Agricultural development officer, Agribusiness specialist, Research Assistant, Data Analyst, Agricultural marker and Planning Officer

Possible Work Offices/Places

Self-employment, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Different Ministries including Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Livestock, Fishery etc., United Nations, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Universities e.g., Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre (EASTC), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Agricultural Research Institutions, Private sectors related to agrarian economy, Financial Institutions e.g., Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB), CRDB, NMB etc.

A minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Official Statistics, Agricultural Statistic and Economics, Agribusiness, Economics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Finance, Accounts, Commerce, IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Agriculture or other Science and Business related fields that have a strong background in mathematics from a recognized higher learning institution with a minimum GPA of 2.7