by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Applied Statistics is the 287th most popular major in the country with 549 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 155 applied statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied statistics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in applied statistics.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. BYU - I is a large school located in Rexburg, Idaho that handed out 42 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major list. UAlbany is a fairly large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 18 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major list. RIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Rochester Institute of Technology Applied Statistics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major list. UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Applied Statistics at University of Houston - Downtown
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #5 spot on the list. Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
California Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Statistics Major list. California Baptist University is a fairly large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 3 bachelors’s applied statistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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