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Most Popular Statistics Doctor's Degree Schools

2023 Most Popular Statistics Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Statistics Doctor's Degree School for You

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

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Statistics Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 83 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Statistics program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Statistics Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular school in the United States for statistics students working on their doctor’s degree. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Women make up 50% of the stats majors at the school.

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Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida State University is a great place for statistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in stats at Florida State, 88% are male and 12% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for statistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 24% of the students majoring in stats at the school are women while 76% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Statistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

Women make up 50% of the stats majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular statistics schools in the United States. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Women make up 42% of the stats majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great place for statistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Of the 12 students majoring in stats at UCONN, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Out of the 83 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Women make up 50% of the stats majors at the school.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for statistics students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

About 45% of the students majoring in stats at the school are women while 55% are male.

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#8

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for statistics students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 55% of the students majoring in stats at the school are women while 45% are male.

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University of California - Los Angeles came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Statistics Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 27% of the students majoring in stats at the school are women while 73% are male.

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University of California - Davis ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Statistics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

About 45% of the students majoring in stats at the school are women while 55% are male.

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With a ranking of #12, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for statistics students working on their doctor’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

About 20% of the students majoring in stats at the school are women while 80% are male.

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With a ranking of #12, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for statistics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

About 70% of the students majoring in stats at the school are women while 30% are male.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Statistics Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
14 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
14 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
16 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
16 Stanford University Stanford, CA
16 University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, CA
16 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA

Statistics by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Statistics is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 27 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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