2025 Best Statistics Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

a master's degree in statistics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #48 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for statistics students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 77 master's degrees in statistics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on statistics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of statistics students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt statistics students go into to obtain their master'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 statistics related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Statistics Schools

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

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Statistics in New Jersey

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in statistics.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Master's in Stats

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

55 Annual Graduates

$93,967 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you want to pursue a master's degree in statistics. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the stats program make about $93,967 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in statistics from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

2

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ

10 Annual Graduates

New Jersey Institute of Technology is a wonderful option for students interested in a master's degree in statistics. NJIT is a large public school located in the city of Newark.More information about a master’s in statistics from New Jersey Institute of Technology

Best Statistics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Statistics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	987
Pennsylvania	248	201
Maryland	193	46
District of Columbia	154	152
Delaware	109	26

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Rankings in Majors Related to Stats

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

Stats Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Statistics	67
Other Statistics	10

Majors Similar to Stats

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Mathematics	142
Mathematics	51
Other Statistics	7

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).
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