Statistics at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Berkeley Statistics Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Statistics Rankings

The stats major at UC Berkeley 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in stats, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Stats Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the stats majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Statistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of stats bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical stats bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UC Berkeley Statistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of stats master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

In the stats master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Berkeley. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Statistics	197

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Actuaries	1,410	$120,680
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150

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
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