by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 306 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,118 and $14,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree 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.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree stats students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 9 masters’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Brigham Young University - Provo is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s stats degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #3 spot on the list. UW is a fairly large public school situated in Laramie, Wyoming. It awarded 5 masters’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 8 masters’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Statistics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 5 masters’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s stats students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Statistics Report
Montana State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s stats students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Utah came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s stats degrees to qualified 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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