Statistics at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study statistics, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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

Columbia Statistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Stats
• Master’s Degree in Stats

Columbia Statistics Rankings

The stats major at Columbia 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in stats, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Stats Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the stats majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Statistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of stats bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical stats bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its stats bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Columbia Statistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of stats master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	451
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Statistics

If you plan to be a stats major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Statistics	535
Mathematical Statistics & Probability	116

Related Majors

• Mathematics
• Applied 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Mathematical Science Professors	4,700	$105,070
Actuaries	2,320	$150,950
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Statisticians	1,120	$95,870
Survey Researchers	710	$74,130

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 Nandaro under License

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