2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematical Statistics & Probability in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mathematical Statistics & Probability is the 579th most popular major in the country with 500 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 19 mathematical statistics and probability graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 mathematical statistics and probability graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in mathematical statistics and probability. That schools that top this list have a program in mathematical statistics and probability in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematical Statistics & Probability in the Far Western US Region

1

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Far Western US Region list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school situated in Santa Cruz, California. It awarded 2 doctorate’s mathematical statistics and probability degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UC Santa Cruz Mathematical Statistics & Probability Report

2

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, Nevada

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Far Western US Region. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s mathematical statistics and probability degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mathematical Statistics & Probability at University of Nevada - Reno

3

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s mathematical statistics and probability degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Mathematical Statistics & Probability at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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