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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2022
9,472
declining 5.08%

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N/A The most common degree awarded to students studying Statistics is a bachelors degree.

Math & Statistics

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Statistics and the types of students that study this field. Columbia University in the City of New York awards the most degrees in Statistics in the US.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Statistics programs are N/A institutions (N/A total). N/A

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Statistics (2023)
  1. Columbia University in the City of New York
    556 degrees awarded
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    443 degrees awarded
  3. University of California-Santa Barbara
    379 degrees awarded

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Math & Statistics in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Math & Statistics degrees, and Non-resident Alien students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Math & Statistics (4,066 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Statistics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Statistics is from the 2 Digit Course Math & Statistics.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Math & Statistics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (59.1%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Statistics.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. Non-resident Alien
    4,066 degrees awarded
  2. White
    2,999 degrees awarded
  3. Asian
    1,671 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Statistics for each race & ethnicity. Non-resident Alien students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  2. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  3. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Statistics.

N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Statistics is from the 2 Digit Course Math & Statistics.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. India
    34,510 degree recipients
  2. China
    32,966 degree recipients
  3. Korea
    7,166 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. USSR
    6.32 times more than expected
  2. Czechoslovakia
    4.1 times more than expected
  3. Other Asia, not specified
    4.03 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in USSR that hold Math & Statistics degrees (6.32 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (34,510 degree recipients).

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