Statistics

Ranked in 2014 | Statistics Rankings Methodology

With a graduate degree, statisticians may find jobs working with data in many sectors, including business, government, academia, public health, technology and other science fields. These are the best schools for statistics. Each school's score reflects its average rating on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.

Rank	School name	Score
^#1 Overall Score:	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.9
^#2 Overall Score:	University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.7
^#3Tie Overall Score:	Harvard University Boston, MA	4.6

^#3Tie Overall Score:	University of Washington Seattle, WA	4.6
^#5Tie Overall Score:	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	4.4
^#5Tie Overall Score:	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	4.4
^#7Tie Overall Score:	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	4.3
^#7Tie Overall Score:	University of Washington Seattle, WA	4.3
^#9 Overall Score:	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	4.2
^#10Tie Overall Score:	Duke University Durham, NC	4.1
^#10Tie Overall Score:	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	4.1
^#12Tie Overall Score:	University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.0
^#12Tie Overall Score:	University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	4.0
^#12Tie Overall Score:	University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison, WI	4.0
^#15Tie Overall Score:	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	3.9
^#15Tie Overall Score:	Texas A&M University—College Station College Station, TX	3.9
^#15Tie Overall Score:	University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA	3.9
^#15Tie Overall Score:	University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	3.9
^#19 Overall Score:	Iowa State University Ames, IA	3.8
^#20Tie Overall Score:	Columbia University New York, NY	3.7
^#20Tie Overall Score:	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	3.7
^#20Tie Overall Score:	University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	3.7
^#20Tie Overall Score:	University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	3.7
^#24Tie Overall Score:	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	3.6
^#24Tie Overall Score:	Purdue University—West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	3.6