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

11 Ranked Colleges
164 Degrees Awarded
$17,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in statistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great statistics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the statistics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The stats school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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

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

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in the Southwest Region

#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #9 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.

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%.

Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Statistics Report

#10 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students per year to attend UTSA.

Read full report on Statistics at UTSA

#11 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,848 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students per year to attend University of Houston - Downtown.

Read full report on Statistics at University of Houston - Downtown

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students.

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

Read full report on Statistics at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #5 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students.

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

Read more about Statistics at ASU - Tempe

#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 7 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students per year to attend University of Arizona.

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

Read full report on Statistics at University of Arizona

#3 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 26 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

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 $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Statistics at Texas A&M University - College Station

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Dallas is $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students.

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 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 UT Dallas

#9

Rice University

Houston, Texas

With a ranking of #9, Rice University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 27 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Rice is $16,999 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Rice Statistics Report

#10

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Baylor University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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%.

Read more about Statistics at Baylor University

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 43 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $36,222 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Statistics at Southern Methodist University

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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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