2024 Best Colleges for Statistics

SUMMARY

Going to school for Statistics is not only a valuable choice, but naturally a necessary first step for pupils coveting to begin a career as a statistician, an actuarial analyst, or a cost estimator. In fact, statistics is fairly common coming in at the 90th most popular area of study. In the last year, there were 4,428 statistics graduates. In-state tuition for statistics at private universities is, on average, 4.5 times more costly than their public equivalents.

There are 184 colleges which offer statistics. This number of universities is on par with other degrees offered in the United States. If you are hoping to surround yourself with other statistics undergrads, consider looking at institutions in California which have more undergrads admitted to statistics than any other state. Zooming out, the best region to pursue statistics is in the Great Lakes region with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Purdue University-Main Campus best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick for the best conference to major in statistics is the Big Ten Conference with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Purdue University-Main Campus representing the conference. From our extensive list of the best colleges, our choice for the best college for statistics is Harvard University.

The objectively 'best' school is not necessarily the best school for you. There are tons more factors to weigh when choosing college. External stuff such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food would modify one's feelings on where to go to university. At Authority, we examined the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are intrigued by which statistics university has the top college campus, the answer is Harvard University. If you are very interested in which college boasts the best campus, then we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through professor reviews, government databases, student reviews, and more so we can compare every major in the United States in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can explore our comprehensive list for the colleges with the best student life&nbspand from that list, our pick of the university with the best student life for statistics is Cornell University. Are you curious why? Keep reading to find out more about Authority's top recommendations. Some of our decisions will probably shock you.

If expense is a primary deciding factor in your decisions, you might be cautious about Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia University in the City of New York&nbspis our most expensive college for statistics, at least for out of state enrollment. That being said, we have a page for the most expensive&nbspschools that might put the price tag of Columbia University in the City of New York&nbspinto perspective. For more context, you may want to know that statistics is the 48th most expensive major in the United States, with an average cost of $49,300. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for statistics on our list is Rhode Island demonstrated by a tuition of $57,112 at the main school in Rhode Island Brown University. Even more broadly, the most expensive region for statistics is the New England region which is best demonstrated with Amherst College with a cost of $57,640, Williams College with a cost of $56,970, and Brown University with a cost of $57,112.

Our cheapest region for statistics is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Brigham Young University-Provo with a cost of $5,790, Utah State University with a cost of $21,087, and University of Wyoming with a cost of $13,392. More optimistically, the most affordable school for statistics is North Carolina State University at Raleigh. Our comprehensive list of the most affordable schools can be explored here.

In-state students can anticipate paying about $11,200 for a degree in statistics. The cost balloons substantially to an average of $27,800 for an out-of-state public-school undergraduate. Our pick for the college with the best value for statistics: Duke University. On this page you can see our comprehensive list on the universities we believe to be the best value&nbspin general. That being said, this discussion is based on out-of-state tuition costs. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, as such, we are using out-of-state tuition as the baseline.

Earnings for statistics students can vary, but two years after graduation students will regularly make around $56,000. While there can be much variation in earnings; top positions can make up to $99,700. Right out of university, the lowest end positions within the statistics field make $30,900, which isn't that bad. The top earning grads for statistics graduated from Duke University&nbspand if you want to find the schools with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The prevailing diversity of statistics ranks pretty high, ranking within the 86th percentile of all majors. The university with the highest composite diversity for statistics is Carnegie Mellon University&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of Statistics only is in the 47th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is actually above financial diversity, ranking in the 81st percentile. Students who are not latino, asian, white, or black make up the largest share, 46%, of those majoring in statistics. Additionally, 57% of undergrads pursuing a statistics major are men.

The median score of statistics professors is 3.8 stars, a score which is 5% worse than the average score for every major; this is a subpar score. If you are searching for the most popular statistics professor nationally, consider looking up We have insufficient professors data for statistics to make the conclusions we normally would have made in this sentence. As we consider data other than just rankings we find that the university possessing the overall best professors for statistics is Harvard University. One can find more detail on our evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with many of the finest examples of instructors nationwide.

Finally, the hardest school to get into for statistics is Harvard University. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we have a general page of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we do hope you understand that approaching the education process from context primarily built on superlatives can cause problems. We at Authority encourage you to explore our other pages on individual universities and explore some of our helpful background articles on beneficial things to look out for as your college search develops.