Statistics at Colby College

What traits are you looking for in a stats school? To help you decide if Colby College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's stats program.

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 18 stats majors received their bachelor's degree from Colby.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Statistics section at the bottom of this page.

Colby Statistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Stats

Colby Statistics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the stats progam at Colby compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The stats major at Colby is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Statistics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Statistics Schools	11
Most Popular Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Most Popular Statistics Schools	110

Stats Student Demographics at Colby

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the stats majors at Colby College.

Colby Statistics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 stats majors earned their bachelor's degree from Colby. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical stats bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in stats at Colby are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colby College with a bachelor's in stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Colby also has a doctoral program available in stats. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Mathematics

Careers That Stats Grads May Go Into

A degree in stats can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$135,840
Mathematical Science Professors	260	$66,770
Actuaries	130	$106,660
Statisticians	90	$73,560
Survey Researchers	30	$56,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

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