2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in District of Columbia

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Statistics is the 101st most popular major in the country with 8,503 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 152 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 105 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in statistics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in statistics.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s stats degrees to 88 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Stats Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s stats degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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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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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