If you pursue a degree in statistics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #101 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 115 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of statistics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8,503 degrees in statistics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of statistics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Statistics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Statistics Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the stats degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's hard to beat University of Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in statistics. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were about 274 statistics students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
Carnegie Mellon University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in statistics. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were approximately 216 statistics students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in statistics has to look into Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 37 statistics students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in statistics has to check out Emory University. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 85 statistics students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were roughly 73 statistics students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 97 statistics students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 535 statistics students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 180 statistics students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 215 statistics students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 66 statistics students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 420 statistics students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were about 17 statistics students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.
UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 197 statistics students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 210 statistics students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 98 statistics students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent year we have data available.
U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor. This university ranks 1st out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 134 statistics students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 139 statistics students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Statistics Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).