With the advent of the era of big data, the importance of data resources has become increasingly prominent, and the demand for innovative data analysis talents is growing. As a major of training data analysis talents, statistics is facing new requirements and challenges. To adapt to the development of the times, it is imperative to reform the talent training mode. Through the analysis of the present situation of the training mode of statistics specialty in colleges and universities, it is found that there are some problems in the current statistics specialty education, such as outdated curriculum system, weak teachers, and traditional teaching methods. Combined with the characteristics of the big data era and statistics majors in colleges and universities, some constructive suggestions are put forward to construct the training mode for innovative talents in statistics majors.