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2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

8 Ranked Colleges
218 Degrees Awarded
$15,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Statistics is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,599 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 359 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,600 and $12,435 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in statistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent statistics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the statistics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in the Rocky Mountains Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 144 students in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $13,322 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students per year to attend BYU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Statistics at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #2 spot on the list. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wyoming is $12,159 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree stats students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Statistics at UW

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree stats students list, USU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for USU is $13,634 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students.

Read more about Statistics at Utah State University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #4 spot on the list. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $18,668 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree stats students per year to attend Colorado State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $14,132 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students per year to attend University of Idaho.

Full U of I Statistics Report

#6

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#6 in overall quality

Montana State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree stats students list, MSU Bozeman has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Bozeman is $19,202 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students.

Read more about Statistics at MSU Bozeman

#8 in overall quality

Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s stats students in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver also took the #8 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $14,257 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree stats students per year to attend MSU Denver.

Full Metropolitan State University of Denver Statistics Report

#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree stats students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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