Why learn SAS?
More Career Opportunities
Last year, 88.9% of job postings for statistical programmers requested SAS skills (Lightcast, 2025).
Higher Salaries
Statistical analysis jobs make $19,000 more when SAS is listed as a skill in the job posting (Lightcast, 2025).
Competitive Edge
Adding a SAS certification to your resume signals expertise and credibility — helping you rise above the competition. In fact, 60% of IT managers are more likely to review a resume with a certification.
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Hear how SAS users, Natalie Ziemba and Shelly Hunt, discovered SAS as university students, why they enjoy working with data and SAS software, and how having SAS skills and certifications opened doors with employers.
SAS Skill Builder for Students
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When you have SAS on your résumé and when you have the certification on your resume it shows, yes, this person is trained. Yes, they know what they’re doing. And I feel like that’s a really critical part to getting your foot in the door through the application process and getting a new job. Natalie Ziemba Programmer/Analyst Duke Clinical Research Institute
With skills like yours, you can write your own future.
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