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2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

27 Ranked Colleges
498 Degrees Awarded
$47,643 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Statistics is the 85th most popular major in the country with 9,979 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 498 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 27 colleges that offered a degree in statistics. To top this list, a school must have a successful statistics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree stats students.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 127 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Statistics Report

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 54 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, 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 88%.

Read more about Statistics at University of Iowa

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Statistics at South Dakota State

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Iowa State is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Statistics at Iowa State University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Statistics at University of Minnesota - Duluth

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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Mizzou is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 28 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Statistics at Mizzou

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University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s stats students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UST MN Statistics Report

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Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota

Carleton College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Carleton College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northfield, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Statistics at Carleton

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University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMKC Statistics Report

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read more about Statistics at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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Truman State University
Kirksville, Missouri

Truman State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Truman State University is a public institution located in Kirksville, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Statistics at Truman State University

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University of Northern Iowa ranked #12 on this year’s Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Northern Iowa is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Statistics at UNI

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Winona State University
Winona, Minnesota

Winona State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Winona State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 10 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read full report on Statistics at Winona State University

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Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Saint Cloud State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Saint Cloud State University is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Read more about Statistics at St. Cloud State University

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Dakota State University
Madison, South Dakota

Dakota State University ranked #15 on this year’s Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Dakota State is a small school located in Madison, South Dakota that handed out 9 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Dakota State Statistics Report

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Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, Minnesota

Gustavus Adolphus College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Gustavus Adolphus is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Peter, Minnesota. It awarded 9 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Read more about Statistics at Gustavus Adolphus College

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Kansas State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #17. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Statistics at Kansas State University

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University of Minnesota - Morris did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. This small school is located in Morris, Minnesota, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Statistics at University of Minnesota - Morris

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Luther College
Decorah, Iowa

With a ranking of #19, Luther College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Luther College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Decorah, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Statistics at Luther College

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With a ranking of #20, Wichita State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Wichita State University is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Statistics at Wichita State University

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Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #21 on this year’s Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Minnesota State Mankato is a public institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Statistics Report

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Dordt University
Sioux Center, Iowa

Dordt University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Dordt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 1 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Full Dordt University Statistics Report

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Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, Missouri

Lindenwood University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Read full report on Statistics at Lindenwood University

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Sterling College
Sterling, Kansas

Sterling College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Sterling College is a small school located in Sterling, Kansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Statistics at Sterling College

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Washington University in St Louis landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Stats Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s stats students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Washington University in St Louis Statistics Report

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