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Rank	Department	Your Score	Yrs (-4)	Job (4)	Ed Eff (5)	Pub / Fac (3)	Cite / Fac (3)	Fac Qual (5)	Deg / Yr (5)	# Fac (5)	Stu / Fac (-2)	UG Acc (-2)	SAT-M (2)	SAT-V (2)
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1.	Statistics, Stanford University	55.7	5.0	85%	4.4	9.2	53.3	4.8	9.8	16	3.1	12%	735	720
2.	Statistics, University of California-Berkeley	43.5	5.2	90%	4.3	6.5	19.3	4.8	7.0	24	1.6	25%	685	645
3.	Statistiscs, University of California-Los Angeles	40.0	4.7	73%	3.8	8.8	56.9	3.9	1.4	41	1.4	23%	665	630
4.	Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison	37.8	4.9	82%	4.1	7.4	30.4	4.1	9.8	25	2.1	71%	650	615
5.	Statistics, Cornell University	36.8	5.3	83%	4.1	7.2	17.3	4.4	2.6	31	0.8	27%	710	675
6.	Statistics, Columbia University in the City of New York	35.9	4.1	100%	3.4	5.6	48.9	3.4	3.4	20	1.2	13%	725	715
7.	Statistics, Harvard University	31.4	4.7	85%	3.8	7.9	61.1	4.2	2.8	7	2.1	9%	745	745
8.	Statistics, North Carolina State University at Raleigh	29.3	4.7	84%	3.4	5.6	13.4	3.5	12.4	29	2.7	59%	615	580
9.	Statistics, University of Washington-Seattle Campus	25.5	4.9	95%	3.9	5.8	57.1	4.0	3.8	18	1.5	67%	610	590
10.	Statistics, University of Chicago	24.4	4.9	94%	4.1	4.3	9.6	4.3	4.6	13	2.3	40%	715	725
11.	Statistics, Texas A & M University	21.6	4.9	70%	3.4	5.3	12.4	3.8	9.8	27	1.1	70%	615	585
12.	Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University	20.8	4.7	92%	3.8	5.7	19.9	3.8	3.4	15	1.9	39%	720	660
13.	Statistics, University of Florida	18.9	4.9	73%	3.1	9.8	25.1	3.3	4.4	27	1.0	57%	640	620
14.	Statistics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	16.0	5.8	100%	3.7	5.8	12.6	3.9	4.6	19	1.6	70%	630	600
15.	Statistics, Iowa State University	15.7	5.9	82%	4.0	4.4	7.5	3.9	7.0	27	1.8	90%	620	595
16.	Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	14.7	5.7	76%	3.7	7.2	18.3	4.0	4.2	18	1.8	36%	650	640
17.	Statistics, Northwestern University	13.5	5.4*	92%*	2.9	6.5	42.9	3.1	1.4	15	0.6	30%	715	695
18.	Statistics, Purdue University-Main Campus	13.1	4.9	88%	3.6	5.0	9.1	4.0	6.8	18	1.5	85%	590	555
19.	Statistics, Duke University	12.4	4.0	77%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	3.2	16*	1.9*	22%	725	705
20.	Statistics, University of Pennsylvania	6.1	4.7	67%	3.0	3.4	8.1	3.2	4.2	18	0.8	21%	725	705
Rank	Department	Your Score	Yrs (-4)	Job (4)	Ed Eff (5)	Pub / Fac (3)	Cite / Fac (3)	Fac Qual (5)	Deg / Yr (5)	# Fac (5)	Stu / Fac (-2)	UG Acc (-2)	SAT-M (2)	SAT-V (2)
Adjust your weights →			-+	-+	-+	-+	-+	-+	-+	-+	-+	-+	-+	-+
21.	Department of Statistics, University of Virginia-Main Campus	5.6	5.0	92%*	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	1.6	16*	1.9*	38%	670	655
22.	Statistics, Baylor University	4.6	4.2	88%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	3.6	16*	1.9*	66%	605	595
23.	Statistics, Rice University	3.5	5.7	71%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	3.2	16*	1.9*	25%	725	710
24.	Statistics, University of California-Davis	3.4	4.7	79%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	5.6	16*	1.9*	55%	615	565
25.	Statistics and Biostatistics, Ohio State University-Main Campus	2.9	5.7	100%	3.2	5.0	5.9	3.2	5.2	22	2.6	73%	580	560
25.	Department of Statistics (ASTAT major), Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	2.9	5.2†	72%†	3.5	4.3	6.3	3.7	6.4†	19	2.5	58%†	610†	580†
25.	Department of Statistics (STAT major), Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	2.9	5.2†	72%†	3.5	4.3	6.3	3.7	6.4†	19	2.5	58%†	610†	580†
28.	Statistics, University of Rochester	2.5	5.3	100%	3.2	5.1	17.5	3.1	1.4	11	1.5	46%	670	650
28.	Statistics, Yale University	2.5	5.7	99%*	3.4	3.0	16.2	3.6	2.6	5	4.0	10%	740	740
30.	Statistics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	2.3	4.9	78%	3.4	3.3	7.1	3.4	5.4	12	1.6	57%	680	640
31.	Mathematical Statistics, University of Maryland-College Park	1.0	5.4*	92%*	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	1.6	16*	1.9*	49%	650	625
32.	Statistics, University of Georgia	-0.1	5.7	88%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	3.8	16*	1.9*	62%	615	610
33.	Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia	-0.3	4.7	88%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	3.2	16*	1.9*	83%	595	600
34.	Statistics, Case Western Reserve University	-1.9	6.3	92%*	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	1.6	16*	1.9*	68%	690	650
35.	Statistics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway	-2.6	5.3	80%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	3.6	16*	1.9*	61%	615	580
36.	Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	-5.0	5.1	70%	3.2	4.5	11.1	3.4	2.2	19	2.0	68%	675	615
37.	Statistics, SUNY at Albany	-5.5	5.4*	92%*	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	1.2	16*	1.9*	56%	575	555
38.	Statistics, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	-6.3	5.4*	92%*	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	0.8	16*	1.9*	51%	565	555
39.	Statistics, University of Maryland-Baltimore County	-6.4	5.3	75%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	2.8	16*	1.9*	71%	620	595
40.	Statistics, Montana State University-Bozeman	-8.1	5.4*	92%*	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	1.0	16*	1.9*	74%	565	550
Rank	Department	Your Score	Yrs (-4)	Job (4)	Ed Eff (5)	Pub / Fac (3)	Cite / Fac (3)	Fac Qual (5)	Deg / Yr (5)	# Fac (5)	Stu / Fac (-2)	UG Acc (-2)	SAT-M (2)	SAT-V (2)
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41.	Statistics, University of Pittsburgh-Main Campus	-8.4	4.9	82%	2.8	5.4	14.8	2.9	3.4	9	1.9	49%	625	610
42.	Statistics, Florida State University	-8.5	4.9	73%	3.4	2.7	4.9	3.5	2.6	16	1.3	62%	585	575
43.	Statistics, Western Michigan University	-8.9	8.2	100%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	3.0	16*	1.9*	85%	631*	611*
44.	Statistics - STAT, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	-9.0	4.7	85%	2.9	5.7	7.7	2.7	4.2	13	2.7	72%	615	585
45.	Statistics, George Washington University	-10.0	5.3	75%	2.8	5.1	9.4	2.9	2.0	13	1.3	38%	640	640
46.	Statistics, Colorado State University	-10.2	5.3	77%	3.1	8.1	18.2	3.1	2.8	13	2.1	88%	565	555
47.	Statistics, North Dakota State University-Main Campus	-13.3	6.8	92%*	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	1.2	16*	1.9*	88%	575	575
48.	Statistics & Probability, Michigan State University	-13.7	4.9	83%	2.9	2.0	1.9	3.1	3.0	16	1.3	76%	585	555
49.	Statistics, University of Connecticut	-15.7	4.2	83%	2.4	7.9	17.4	2.6	3.2	8	4.6	51%	600	585
50.	Statistics, University of South Carolina-Columbia	-16.9	4.7	88%	2.2	5.9	10.4	2.2	2.2	14	1.4	67%	580	570
51.	Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa	-17.1	6.8	80%	3.1	3.9	8.0	3.0	3.2	15	1.3	84%	600	585
52.	Statistics - STAT, University of Kentucky	-17.5	4.8	82%	2.3	5.5	12.7	2.3	3.6	14	1.7	79%	575	565
53.	Statistics, Oregon State University	-19.8	6.7	100%	2.9	4.2	11.9	2.9	1.4	15	1.9	90%	550	530
54.	Statistics, Kansas State University	-20.8	7.1	90%	2.5	8.0	9.3	2.2	2.2	12	2.9	48%	631*	611*
55.	Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California-Santa Barbara	-25.8	5.0	67%	2.4	4.1	1.5	2.5	2.8	11	1.6	53%	600	580
55.	Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico-Main Campus	-25.8	9.5	60%	3.2*	5.3*	16.6*	3.3*	6.8	16*	1.9*	74%	535	540
57.	Statistics, Southern Methodist University	-26.3	4.2	50%	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.8	3.4	11	2.3	58%	620	610
58.	Statistics, The University of Texas at Dallas	-29.8	3.9	92%*	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.9	0.6	5	2.2	51%	640	605
59.	Applied Statistics, The University of Alabama	-34.3	5.4*	92%*	2.0	3.1	4.8	1.7	0.8	11	1.3	74%	565	565
60.	Mathematics and Statistics, American University	-37.5	6.2	92%*	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.4	9	2.0	51%	625	645
Rank	Department	Your Score	Yrs (-4)	Job (4)	Ed Eff (5)	Pub / Fac (3)	Cite / Fac (3)	Fac Qual (5)	Deg / Yr (5)	# Fac (5)	Stu / Fac (-2)	UG Acc (-2)	SAT-M (2)	SAT-V (2)
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61.	Statistics, University of Wyoming	-38.7	5.4*	92%*	1.7	3.6	17.0	1.8	0.8	8	1.4	95%	545	540
62.	Statistics, University of California-Riverside	-43.8	6.2†	38%*	2.7	5.7	7.9	2.8	1.4†	11	2.3	74%†	565†	510†
62.	Statistics, Applied, University of California-Riverside	-43.8	6.2†	38%*	2.7	5.7	7.9	2.8	1.4†	11	2.3	74%†	565†	510†

Unranked Statistics Graduate Schools

Item Descriptions

Your Score

Your customized program score is a weighted sum of points for each item. The weights were selected on this page. For an item with importance weight W, a program receives W × S points for being S standard deviations above average. Larger values are better.

Years to Degree (Yrs)

Median time lapse from entering graduate school at the doctorate-granting institution to receipt of doctorate in years. Note that time spent obtaining a master's degree at a different institution is not counted. Your weight = -4. Smaller values are better. (SED, 2000-2004)

Placement Rate (Job)

Percentage of doctorate recipients from the program with definite plans at graduation (either a job or a postdoctoral position). Your weight = 4. Larger values are better. (SED, 2000-2004)

Educational Effectiveness (Ed Eff)

Program effectiveness in educating research scholars and scientists, 1993. Scale of 0 to 5, with 0 denoting "Not Effective" and 5 denoting "Extremely Effective." Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (NRC, 1995)

Publications per Faculty Member (Pub / Fac)

The ratio of the number of program publications in the period 1988-1992 to the number of program faculty. Your weight = 3. Larger values are better. (NRC, 1995)

Citations per Faculty Member (Cite / Fac)

The ratio of the number of citations of program publications in the period 1988-1992 to the number of program faculty. Your weight = 3. Larger values are better. (NRC, 1995)

Faculty Quality (Fac Qual)

Scholarly quality of program faculty, 1993. Scale of 0 to 5, with 0 denoting "Not sufficient for doctoral education" and 5 denoting "Distinguished." Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (NRC, 1995)

Doctorates Granted per Year (Deg / Yr)

The average number of doctorates granted by the program per year between 2001 and 2005. Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (IPEDS, 2001-2005)

Number of Faculty (# Fac)

Total number of faculty participating in the program. Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (NRC, 1995)

Grad Student / Faculty Ratio (Stu / Fac)

The number of graduate students per faculty member. Your weight = -2. Smaller values are better. (NRC, 1995)

Undergraduate Acceptance Rate (UG Acc)

The percentage of applicants the institution accepts into its undergraduate programs. Your weight = -2. Smaller values are better. (IPEDS, 2005)

Math SAT Score (SAT-M)

The average of the 25th and 75th percentile mathematics SAT scores for undergraduates at the institution. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (IPEDS, 2005)

Verbal SAT Score (SAT-V)

The average of the 25th and 75th percentile verbal SAT scores for undergraduates at the institution. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (IPEDS, 2005)

Missing Values

Missing values have been replaced with the average value for all programs in the field.

Data Sources

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

IPEDS is an annual, comprehensive set of surveys of all colleges and universities in the United States. The surveys are conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.  Learn more

National Research Council

The National Research Council conducts assessments of doctoral programs in the United States every 10 to 15 years). The data we use are from the most recent assessment, the 1995 study Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change. Learn more about the NRC study's methods here; order a copy here. The next NRC assessment is scheduled for release in Summer 2009.  Learn more

Survey of Earned Doctorates

The NSF/NIH/NEH/USED/USDA/NASA Survey of Earned Doctorates is an annual survey of all new recipients of doctorates from US universities at graduation. The average of the response rates for the 2000–2004 surveys was 92%.  Learn more

Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

The Survey is an annual assessment of the number and characteristics of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in science, engineering, and health-related fields. It is conducted by the National Science Foundation.  Learn more