2023 Schools Highly Focused on Stats Major in New Mexico

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 Highly Focused on Stats Major in New Mexico” 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 New Mexico, there were 26 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Stats Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 2 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Stats Major in New Mexico” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Schools Highly Focused on Stats Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico stats students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Statistics in New Mexico

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Stats Major in New Mexico list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified ’s stats students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Statistics at UNM

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

$36,973 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,260 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Stats Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 7 ’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

Full NMSU Main Campus 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

• *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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