2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 8,203 people earned their degree in statistics, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 489 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 143 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in the Southwest Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.
UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.
UTSA also took the #8 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UTSA is $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.
OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s stats students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 26 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
Rice University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 27 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.
Rice did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rice University is $16,999 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.
The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. 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. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Baylor University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Baylor University is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students list, Baylor has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Stats students.
The school has an impressive 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s stats degrees to qualified students.
SMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Methodist University is $36,222 for southwest region bachelor’s degree stats students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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%.
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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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