2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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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 North Carolina, there were 349 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,588 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 140 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 3 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 Master’s in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. This large school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 20 masters’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Statistics Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Statistics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$80,391 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 78 masters’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Statistics Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full North Carolina State University Statistics Report

#3

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Statistics Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Duke 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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