Statistics at Harvard University

If you are interested in studying statistics, you may want to check out the program at Harvard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received their master's degree in stats.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Statistics section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard Statistics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Stats
• Doctorate Degree in Stats

Harvard Statistics Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in stats, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Stats Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the stats majors at Harvard University.

Harvard Statistics Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a master's degree in stats from Harvard. About 30% of these graduates were women and the other 70% were men.

In the stats master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Mathematics
• Applied Mathematics

Careers That Stats Grads May Go Into

A degree in stats can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Statisticians	3,090	$108,670
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200
Actuaries	1,260	$114,050
Survey Researchers	730	$64,950

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Elisa.rolle under License

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