2025 Best Applied Statistics Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Applied Statistics isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #180 in popularity out of 343 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for applied statistics students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 161 master's degrees in applied statistics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Applied Statistics School for Your Master's Degree

The applied statistics master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to applied statistics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of applied statistics students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for applied statistics to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied statistics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for applied statistics students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Applied Statistics Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Applied Statistics Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Applied Statistics in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in applied statistics.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Applied Statistics

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

93 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in applied statistics needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in applied statistics from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI

32 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Michigan Technological University if you want to pursue a master's degree in applied statistics. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Houghton.More information about a master’s in applied statistics from Michigan Technological University

3

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, OH

15 Annual Graduates

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in applied statistics. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in applied statistics from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

Best Applied Statistics Colleges by State

Explore the best applied statistics schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	19
Michigan	211	112
Ohio	207	10
Wisconsin	173	15

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Applied Statistics Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Mathematics & Statistics area of study, Applied Statistics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Applied Statistics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Statistics, General	161

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Mathematics	1,025
Statistics	548
Mathematics	433
Other Statistics	27

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.