by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 464 people earned their degree in applied statistics, making the major the 287th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, applied statistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 applied statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied statistics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in applied statistics.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major. BYU - I is a large school located in Rexburg, Idaho that handed out 34 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Albany landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Albany, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied statistics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied statistics degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Applied Statistics at Rochester Institute of Technology
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major list. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
California Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major list. Cal Baptist is a fairly large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 1 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Applied Statistics at California Baptist University
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