2025 Best Statistics Bachelor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in statistics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #79 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 80 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for statistics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 5,318 bachelor's degrees in statistics to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Statistics School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The stats bachelor'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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to statistics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other statistics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for statistics to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized statistics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for statistics students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The stats school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Statistics Bachelor's Degree Schools.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Statistics in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in statistics. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

16 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Stats

1

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

172 Annual Graduates

$93,111 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in statistics needs to look into Carnegie Mellon University. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Statistics bachelor's degree recipients from Carnegie Mellon University receive an earnings boost of about $29,826 over the average earnings of statistics graduates.

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2

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

67 Annual Graduates

$129,732 Median Starting Salary

University of Pennsylvania is a great option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in statistics. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the statistics program at University of Pennsylvania earn $66,447 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

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3

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

48 Annual Graduates

$82,681 Median Starting Salary

University of Chicago is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in statistics. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Statistics bachelor's degree recipients from University of Chicago earn a boost of around $19,396 above the average income of statistics majors.

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4

Duke University
Durham, NC

83 Annual Graduates

$97,197 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in statistics has to check out Duke University. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those statistics students who get their bachelor's degree from Duke University receive $33,912 more than the standard stats grad.

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5

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

35 Annual Graduates

$82,531 Median Starting Salary

Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.

Those statistics students who get their bachelor's degree from Cornell University receive $19,246 more than the typical stats grad.

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6

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

107 Annual Graduates

$64,371 Median Starting Salary

U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the stats program state that they receive average early career earnings of $64,371.

More information about a bachelor’s in statistics from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

7

Rice University
Houston, TX

45 Annual Graduates

Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Houston.More information about a bachelor’s in statistics from Rice University

8

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

45 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in statistics from Columbia University in the City of New York

9

New York University
New York, NY

118 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in statistics from New York University

10

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

61 Annual Graduates

$77,917 Median Starting Salary

Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston.

Statistics bachelor's degree recipients from Northwestern University get an earnings boost of approximately $14,632 above the average income of statistics graduates.

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11

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

122 Annual Graduates

$83,227 Median Starting Salary

UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the city of Berkeley.

Statistics bachelor's degree recipients from University of California - Berkeley earn a boost of approximately $19,942 above the average earnings of statistics graduates.

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12

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

81 Annual Graduates

$73,991 Median Starting Salary

Located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population.

Statistics bachelor's degree recipients from University of Virginia - Main Campus get an earnings boost of approximately $10,706 over the average earnings of statistics graduates.

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13

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

330 Annual Graduates

$68,636 Median Starting Salary

$38,503 Median Student Debt

Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the statistics program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign get $5,351 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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14

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

227 Annual Graduates

$59,718 Median Starting Salary

$24,370 Median Student Debt

Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduation, stats bachelor's recipients generally make an average of $59,718 at the beginning of their careers.

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15

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

205 Annual Graduates

$72,579 Median Starting Salary

$21,086 Median Student Debt

Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Bachelor's recipients from the statistics major at Purdue University - Main Campus earn $9,294 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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16

Villanova University
Villanova, PA

18 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in statistics from Villanova University

Rest of the Top Best Statistics Bachelor's Degree Schools

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Statistics students that almost earned our Best Statistics Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank	College	Location
17	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY
18	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, TX
19	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Madison, WI
20	University of Washington - Seattle Campus	Seattle, WA
21	Emory University	Atlanta, GA
22	Amherst College	Amherst, MA
23	Ohio State University - Main Campus	Columbus, OH
24	University of California - Davis	Davis, CA
25	William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA
26	University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ

Statistics by Region

View the Best Statistics Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Statistics Related Rankings by Major

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

Stats Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Statistics	4,329
Other Statistics	409
Mathematics & Statistics	300
Mathematical Statistics & Probability	280

Majors Similar to Stats

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mathematics	19,286
Applied Mathematics	4,621
Other Statistics	542
Applied Statistics	145

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to QWFP. More about our data sources and methodologies.