2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematical Statistics & Probability in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 500 people earned their degree in mathematical statistics and probability, making the major the 579th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 108 mathematical statistics and probability graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 mathematical statistics and probability graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mathematical statistics and probability. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their mathematical statistics and probability program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematical Statistics & Probability in the Southeast Region

1

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#11 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Southeast Region. Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mathematical Statistics & Probability at Wake Forest University

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Major in the Southeast Region. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNC Chapel Hill Mathematical Statistics & Probability Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematical Statistics & Probability

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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