grammar - Graduate student in or of?


In my cover letter I want to write that I am a graduate student in statistics. But I am not sure about the "in". So what is correct?



I am a graduate student in statistics.


I am a graduate student of statistics.




Answer



I would say in Statistics.


The reason I say this is because you would say: I am majoring in Statistics.


Or in response to the question: What do you do for a living? You might say, "I'm in plastics."


You can say I'm a student of Statistics, and hence, it wouldn't be wrong to say graduate student of Statistics. But, I don't believe it is the common usage (in American English).


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