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September 29, 2010

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Statistics and Probability

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Baylor U. Statistical Science	36	54	26	53	1	24	49	59	36	59
Boston U. Biostatistics	11	28	4	16	31	57	6	29	47	61
Carnegie Mellon U. Statistics	12	25	6	16	33	56	49	59	11	31
Case Western Reserve U. Statistics	27	46	18	41	61	61	17	45	12	57
Colorado State U. Statistics	31	48	17	38	33	55	45	57	19	43
Columbia U. Statistics	9	22	10	26	23	48	6	32	9	30
Cornell U. Biometry	4	18	3	18	12	49	1	3	8	49
Cornell U. Statistics	30	48	18	39	3	21	57	61	7	31
Duke U. Statistics and Decision Sciences	7	19	4	13	19	43	40	56	10	36
Florida State U. Statistics	32	48	31	51	17	45	7	30	26	48
George Washing- ton U. Statistics	49	58	36	49	38	58	37	56	28	53
Harvard U. Statistics	2	3	2	2	8	34	20	44	2	5
Iowa State U. Statistics	7	17	15	36	6	31	20	44	2	9
Johns Hopkins U. Applied Mathematics & Statistics	24	42	11	24	59	60	35	53	4	34
Kansas State U. Statistics	53	60	56	58	21	53	11	39	34	59
Michigan State U. Statistics	24	40	37	50	14	40	2	11	21	49
North Carolina State U. Statistics	16	27	15	29	27	53	7	33	3	13
North Dakota State U. Main Campus Statistics	61	61	60	61	38	57	27	53	48	61
North- western U. Statistics	18	34	24	43	1	11	8	34	18	48
Ohio State U. Main Campus Biostatistics	20	40	17	43	12	43	2	12	19	54
Ohio State U. Main Campus Statistics	23	42	14	36	41	57	15	41	10	37
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Statistics	36	56	17	49	8	51	13	41	56	61
Oregon State U. Statistics	49	58	44	55	39	58	46	58	41	58
Pennsyl- vania State U. Statistics	5	14	7	18	14	41	4	21	8	30
Purdue U. Main Campus Statistics	10	24	13	32	23	49	11	37	8	28
Rice U. Statistics	26	45	28	49	10	36	20	43	13	47
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Statistics	23	42	11	28	32	54	11	38	27	48
Southern Methodist U. Statistical Science	43	54	38	55	12	39	14	39	24	53
Stanford U. Statistics	1	1	1	1	3	17	48	59	1	1
Temple U. Statistics	59	60	57	59	42	58	27	50	37	57
Texas A&M U. Statistics	31	47	34	51	11	36	22	46	5	27
U. of California at Berkeley Statistics	4	9	3	7	21	50	52	60	2	7
U. of California at Davis Statistics	12	24	25	44	6	28	2	11	15	43
U. of California at Los Angeles Statistics	9	22	9	22	16	44	44	58	11	30
U. of California at Riverside Applied Statistics	51	59	49	57	36	53	9	31	45	58
U. of California at Santa Barbara Statistics & Applied Probability	48	58	46	55	46	58	46	58	31	57
U. of Chicago Statistics	4	9	5	15	5	26	18	43	4	16
U. of Connec- ticut Statistics Ph.D.	24	39	29	45	14	39	32	52	29	48
U. of Florida Statistics	12	23	21	35	1	15	1	5	12	40
U. of Georgia Statistics	21	36	21	41	17	48	10	39	15	43
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Statistics	26	44	27	47	9	43	5	25	20	49
U. of Iowa Statistics	39	50	39	51	31	56	6	35	13	33
U. of Kentucky Statistics	18	34	21	43	19	48	17	44	23	57
U. of Maryland at College Park Mathematical Statistics	48	57	39	52	59	60	8	32	38	57
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Statistics	48	58	43	55	48	58	32	52	36	55
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Statistics	4	12	5	17	15	45	13	39	3	11
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Statistics	32	47	17	38	44	57	24	47	14	39
U. of Missouri at Columbia Statistics	28	45	46	56	1	8	6	25	28	53
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Statistics	19	36	21	47	3	21	10	33	30	53
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Statistics	5	14	12	27	7	28	39	57	6	20
U. of Pennsyl- vania Biomed Grad Studies-Biostatistics and Epidemiology	10	24	6	18	37	55	43	57	14	37
U. of Pennsyl- vania Statistics-Wharton	12	24	17	36	5	24	60	61	7	18
U. of Rochester Statistics	17	38	18	46	1	10	32	53	20	53
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Statistics	47	56	51	56	5	31	14	42	30	52
U. of Tennessee Statistics and Management Science	50	59	60	61	2	30	47	59	43	59
U. of Virginia Statistics	27	46	22	40	32	57	3	16	38	59
U. of Washing- ton Statistics	2	4	3	6	2	17	24	46	10	33
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Statistics	5	15	3	11	22	48	7	32	3	19
Virginia Tech Statistics	31	46	33	50	14	41	14	41	35	58
Western Michigan U. Statistics	49	58	58	59	7	39	3	17	51	61
Yale U. Statistics	31	45	48	55	5	38	11	37	20	48
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.