by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,979 people earned their degree in statistics, making the major the 85th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, statistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $62,014 and had an average of $20,584 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 712 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,643 and $22,167 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in statistics.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 72 associates’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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