2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in Indiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in Indiana” 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 Indiana, there were 354 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,741 and $19,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,681 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in Indiana” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in statistics. That schools that top this list have a program in statistics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in Indiana

The colleges and universities below are the best for indiana master’s degree stats students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in Indiana

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

#2 overall quality in Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in Indiana list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 51 masters’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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2

Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

#6 overall quality in Indiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Muncie, Indiana, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s stats students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

#3 overall quality in Indiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #3 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s stats degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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