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2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,599 people earned their degree in statistics, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, statistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,950 and had an average of $22,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 587 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,500 and $26,112 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in statistics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality statistics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the statistics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Statistics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Rice is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.

Rice also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Rice is $7,318 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Statistics at Rice University

#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Rio Grande Valley is $6,405 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Statistics at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,399 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Statistics at University of Arizona

#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,827 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Statistics at UTSA

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,810 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Statistics Report

#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,698 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Statistics at OSU

#6 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend UT Dallas is $13,797 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Statistics at The University of Texas at Dallas

#7 in overall quality

Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 20 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $14,033 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Statistics at Arizona State University - Tempe

#11 in overall quality

University of Houston - Downtown did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #9. University of Houston - Downtown is a fairly large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k list, UH Downtown has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston - Downtown is $8,675 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full University of Houston - Downtown Statistics Report

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k list, SMU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Methodist University is $31,813 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low 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%.

Full Southern Methodist University Statistics Report

#11

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Baylor University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $31,343 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Baylor.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.

Full Baylor Statistics Report

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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