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Best Value Statistics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Statistics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$27,946 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Statistics Graduate Certificate School for You

Statistics is the #85 most popular major in the country with 9,979 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Statistics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for stats students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Statistics

Our analysis found North Dakota State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for statistics students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South Dakota State University is a great value for statistics students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 a year.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Statistics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

K -State graduate students pay an average of $23,949 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for statistics students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mizzou also is in the top 15% of our Best Statistics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Washington University in St Louis is a great value for statistics students working on their graduate certificate. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

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Best Statistics Colleges by State

Explore the best statistics schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 106
Minnesota 275
Kansas 33
Iowa 157
Nebraska 12
North Dakota 41
South Dakota 81

One of 4 majors within the area of study, statistics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Stats

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mathematics 30,202
Applied Mathematics 11,107
Other Statistics 644
Applied Statistics 464

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to QWFP.

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