Statistics at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

If you are interested in studying statistics, you may want to check out the program at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 93 students received a bachelor's degree in stats from U-M.

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

U-M Statistics Degrees Available

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

U-M Statistics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks stats programs across the country. The following shows how U-M performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The stats major at U-M 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 Popular Statistics Schools	14
Most Popular Statistics Graduate Certificate Schools	33
Most Focused Statistics Master’s Degree Schools	40

In 2021, 55 students received their master’s degree in stats from U-M. This makes it the #12 most popular school for stats master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in stats, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of U-M Stats Graduates

The median salary of stats students who receive their bachelor's degree at U-M is $60,804. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 23% higher than the national average of $49,491 for all stats bachelor's degree recipients.

Stats Student Demographics at U-M

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the stats majors at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

U-M Statistics Bachelor’s Program

The stats program at U-M awarded 93 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women. The typical stats bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at U-M since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor with a bachelor's in stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	22
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

U-M Statistics Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students earned a master's degree in stats from U-M. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

U-M also has a doctoral program available in stats. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Applied Mathematics
• Applied Statistics
• 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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Mathematical Science Professors	1,730	$85,970
Natural Sciences Managers	1,570	$113,840
Statisticians	780	$80,920
Survey Researchers	240	$64,400

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 Dwight Burdette under License

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