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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in Massachusetts

4 Ranked Colleges
113 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor's in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,203 people earned their degree in statistics, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 220 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,887 and $24,387 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in statistics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality statistics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the statistics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in Massachusetts

#1

Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Williams College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts. Williamstown, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s stats degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts bachelor’s degree stats students list, Williams has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. It costs about $19,480 for massachusetts bachelor’s degree stats students per year to attend Williams.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low 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%.

Read more about Statistics at Williams College

#2

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Holyoke College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts list. Mount Holyoke College is a private not-for-profit institution located in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts bachelor’s degree stats students list, Mt. Holyoke has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mount Holyoke College is $27,149 for massachusetts bachelor’s degree stats students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #3 spot on the list. Harvard University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 75 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The estimated yearly cost for Harvard University is $15,386 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Stats students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Statistics at Harvard University

#4

Amherst College

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amherst College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s stats students in 2019-2020.

Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. It costs about $18,524 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Stats students per year to attend Amherst.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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