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Statistics

What in this major can only be learned at university?

10-SECOND VIEW

At a glance

4-year tuition
₩29.3mNatural science field avg ₩7.3m/yr × 4 (2026, before aid)
Total cost & opportunity cost
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Degree requirement
Commonly preferredNo statutory requirement.
Lecture parts AI can cover
Concepts, distributions, tests, code examples
Hard for AI to replace
Catching flawed study design; data ethics and accountability
Practice dependency
LowPractice is real data analysis on personal hardware.
Major–job match
Not confirmed by major · all 4-year grads 73.8% (KRIVET 2016)
Employment rate
65.4%Natural science field, all higher education, 2024 graduates
Where the school spends
Official averages by type (per-school data not loaded)
Confirmed audit / misconduct
See confirmed cases

Source: 교육부·한국대학교육협의회 (2026-04-29) · 교육부·국가데이터처·한국교육개발원 (한국교육신문 보도) (2025-12-30) · 한국직업능력연구원(KRIVET) (2016-01-15)

PRACTICE

Practice and substitutes

Low AMS ANALYSIS

Practice is real data analysis on personal hardware.

Where the university is strong
No special facility
Partial substitutes
—No evidence simulation equals real practice.

LEARNING BY DOING

Can it be learned on the job?

Failure costLow
Safety riskLow
Provable by portfolioHigh
LicenceCommonly preferred

Open-data portfolios are an easy proof.

DEGREE NECESSITY

Degree necessity — six axes

License dependency
Low
Equipment dependency
Low
Employer degree filter
No data
Credential value
Partial
Network value
No data
AI lecture substitutability
High

Not combined into a score. Employer filters and network value stay empty without data (licensed jobs show the statutory rule).

ALUMNI

Alumni of this major

Answer at the alumni survey; distributions appear at 30+ responses.

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