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2023 Most Popular Mathematics & Statistics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Mathematics & Statistics Graduate Certificate School for You

Mathematics & Statistics is the #14 most popular major in the country with 15,127 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Mathematics & Statistics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mathematics & Statistics program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mathematics and statistics majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Naval Postgraduate School the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for mathematics and statistics students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.

About 11% of the students majoring in mathematics and statistics at the school are women while 89% are male.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mathematics and statistics schools in the Far Western US Region . Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

Of the 8 students majoring in mathematics and statistics at Oregon State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mathematics and statistics schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the # 4 spot on the list. UAF is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Fairbanks.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Monmouth.

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Best Mathematics & Statistics Colleges by State

Explore the best mathematics and statistics schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,518
Washington 275
Oregon 199
Nevada 16
Hawaii 10
Alaska 3

Mathematics & Statistics Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Applied Mathematics 6,283
Statistics 4,594
Mathematics 3,764
Applied Statistics 388
Other Statistics 98

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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