Demographics — Statistics, Northwestern University

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 61 Statistics and Probability programs
Range of rankings ?8-34

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 27%
Minority faculty 0%

Student Demographics

(Source: GSS, 2007)

Sex

Men 36%
Women 64%

Citizenship

US citizens or permanent residents 43%
Temporary visa holders 57%

Race / Ethnicity

(for US citizens / permanent residents)
Black / African American 17%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0%
Asian 33%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0%
White 50%
Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, not Hispanic / Latino 0%
Unknown / not reported 0%

Enrollment Status

Full time 100%
Part time 0%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 56%
Women 44%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 77%
Temporary visa holders 23%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 4%
Native American 0%
Asian 8%
White 45%
Hispanic 3%
Unknown 17%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 74%
Part-time 26%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Statistics and Probability degree recipients from Northwestern University and may include graduates from more than one program.

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