2024 Best Applied Statistics Doctor's Degree Schools

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Doctor's Degree in applied statistics. It is ranked #214 out of 306 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Applied Statistics Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 doctor's degrees in applied statistics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Applied Statistics School for Your Doctor's Degree

The applied statistics doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality applied statistics program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on applied statistics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other applied statistics students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt applied statistics students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied statistics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for applied statistics students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Applied Statistics Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Applied Statistics in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for applied statistics students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Applied Statistics

1

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

It is difficult to beat Harvard University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in applied statistics. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge.More information about a doctorate in applied statistics from Harvard University

2

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

3 Annual Graduates

The University of Alabama is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in applied statistics. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in applied statistics from The University of Alabama

3

The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

3 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in applied statistics. Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in applied statistics from The University of Texas at San Antonio

Applied Statistics by Region

View the Best Applied Statistics Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
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Rankings in Majors Related to Applied Statistics

Applied Statistics is one of 4 different types of Mathematics & Statistics programs to choose from.

Applied Statistics Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Statistics, General	11

Most Popular Majors Related to Applied Statistics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mathematics	1,149
Statistics	456
Applied Mathematics	315
Other Statistics	30

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.