2025 Best Statistics Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

a master's degree in statistics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #48 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Statistics Master's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 master's degrees in statistics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on statistics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of statistics students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt statistics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized statistics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for statistics students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Statistics Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Statistics Master's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Statistics in Iowa

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in statistics.

Top Iowa Schools for a Master's in Stats

1

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

13 Annual Graduates

University of Iowa is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in statistics. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in statistics from University of Iowa

2

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

12 Annual Graduates

Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in statistics. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the small city of Ames.More information about a master’s in statistics from Iowa State University

Best Statistics Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Statistics Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	30
Minnesota	174	27
Kansas	149	6
Nebraska	123	8
North Dakota	115	6
South Dakota	89	24

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Rankings in Majors Related to Stats

Statistics is one of 4 different types of Mathematics & Statistics programs to choose from.

Stats Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Statistics	25
Mathematics & Statistics	5

Majors Similar to Stats

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Mathematics	42
Mathematics	36

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to QWFP. More about our data sources and methodologies.