2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in District of Columbia

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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 District of Columbia, there were 200 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $96,445 and $25,134 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 152 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in statistics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their statistics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in District of Columbia

1

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s stats degrees to 88 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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2

Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

$96,445 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s stats degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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3

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s stats students in 2020-2021.

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

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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%.

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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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