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2023 Most Popular Statistics Schools in Illinois

8 Colleges
$76,112 Avg Salary
$17,617 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Statistics School for You

Statistics is the #32 most popular major in Illinois with 416 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Statistics Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Statistics program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Statistics Colleges.

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the most popular school in Illinois for statistics students. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Statistics Schools in Illinois list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Statistics Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Statistics Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

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Northern Illinois University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Statistics Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Statistics Schools in Illinois ranking. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 133
Ohio 98
Indiana 103
Wisconsin 88

Statistics is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to QWFP.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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