The foremost mission of the Statistics Department at Cal Poly is high-quality teaching of undergraduate students. The Statistics Departments offers a B.S. in Statistics and also minor programs in statistics, data science, and actuarial preparation. Moreover, the department provides support courses for most majors at Cal Poly and some graduate programs, and it also contributes many courses to the general education program. The department also runs a statistical consulting service for the university. The department faculty is comprised of 20 tenure-track faculty and 10 lecturers.