All data from National Center for Education Statistics and retrieved by Steve Pierson (pierson@amstat.org). The data here includes statistics degrees as categorized by the CIP Code 27.05. For more information on degrees included, see http://community.amstat.org/blogs/stevepierson/2014/07/28/categorization of statistics degrees. Statistics Master's Degrees* 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2003 2016 1 Columbia University in the City of New York 76 82 69 110 130 215 196 241 242 288 294 287 396 435 3061 2 Rutgers University New Brunswick 44 49 51 40 39 37 65 63 47 62 79 94 96 106 872 3 Stanford University 32 37 32 27 56 29 33 45 39 30 54 49 48 80 591 4 Ohio State University Main Campus 37 47 51 50 46 57 40 45 45 43 25 55 28 20 589 5 University of Michigan Ann Arbor 28 34 41 32 31 33 26 36 44 47 55 46 57 74 584 6 George Washington University 6 6 6 2 10 12 9 8 20 29 67 155 118 132 580 7 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 9 21 24 22 29 46 38 41 46 36 61 67 41 75 556 8 Cornell University 21 16 32 23 19 30 29 36 35 51 54 54 47 64 511 9 California State University East Bay 4 28 21 29 39 32 24 30 49 43 55 37 38 44 473 10 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 37 37 33 28 29 26 13 31 29 38 28 14 37 40 420 11 University of Chicago 9 15 15 21 18 17 23 18 39 30 26 30 28 119 408 12 Michigan State University 24 22 20 28 32 29 28 53 44 36 25 23 23 7 394 13 Texas A & M University College Station 21 19 9 15 18 21 22 19 24 33 31 45 52 52 381 14 Iowa State University 39 38 40 36 28 15 26 22 27 25 15 18 22 20 371 15 Harvard University 22 23 33 26 31 20 30 31 20 31 25 20 22 35 369 16 University of Iowa 24 30 35 30 38 31 20 27 26 16 24 14 12 15 342 17 Purdue University Main Campus 17 23 23 16 32 22 17 15 31 26 32 13 26 34 327 18 University of California Berkeley 16 18 16 12 16 17 13 16 18 26 39 50 20 34 311 19 University of Georgia 23 30 29 26 17 16 19 17 27 15 20 20 22 24 305 20 Rochester Institute of Technology 10 17 21 19 19 32 20 16 19 22 23 19 23 31 291 21 University of Missouri Columbia 6 10 11 9 6 16 25 12 12 9 17 53 55 37 278 22 Georgetown University 0 0 0 0 1 19 27 24 29 31 35 29 36 39 270 23 University of California Los Angeles 12 23 9 25 15 23 17 19 16 23 28 23 18 18 269 24 West Virginia University 16 13 17 15 14 13 20 17 22 22 19 23 27 27 265 25 University of Central Florida 8 25 21 12 21 8 18 22 16 16 24 18 25 22 256 26 Pennsylvania State University Main Campus 10 26 22 23 17 24 19 16 21 15 12 20 20 9 254 27 Carnegie Mellon University 14 7 12 13 14 12 8 8 13 35 29 29 29 26 249 28 University of Wisconsin Madison 13 15 26 16 18 11 11 17 13 11 17 15 12 43 238 29 San Diego State University 9 11 17 18 15 8 14 15 17 11 21 18 30 32 236 30 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 0 0 3 11 9 21 24 24 24 15 24 22 25 33 235
31 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 14 17 17 10 15 18 20 15 24 17 14 17 18 17 233 32 Rice University 1 7 14 6 11 12 14 11 17 19 19 31 24 41 227 33 University of Delaware 6 5 12 9 10 11 16 14 17 20 21 25 26 34 226 34 University of Minnesota Twin Cities 4 15 11 13 26 19 11 9 10 16 17 21 27 25 224 35 University of California Santa Barbara 9 13 10 9 23 18 13 20 13 12 14 14 11 31 210 36 George Mason University 13 10 16 15 15 15 12 17 17 11 15 18 17 17 208 37 University of Connecticut 7 10 8 8 6 10 8 9 9 23 24 27 25 34 208 38 Georgia Institute of Technology 7 12 5 9 11 10 19 13 18 21 24 20 14 19 202 39 University of California Davis 11 10 2 7 6 11 5 2 7 4 14 17 30 76 202 40 Villanova University 14 14 21 14 9 13 8 10 12 9 8 18 21 24 195 41 DePaul University 9 9 9 7 3 5 15 23 13 20 20 17 24 20 194 42 Oregon State University 9 17 9 11 13 15 10 11 20 14 15 18 15 17 194 43 University of Florida 22 16 13 13 8 11 17 12 11 15 19 17 9 4 187 44 Colorado State University Fort Collins 10 10 11 8 12 19 17 19 15 13 13 13 13 8 181 45 Florida State University 9 5 3 10 6 12 14 3 6 15 10 12 40 36 181 46 University of Virginia Main Campus 2 7 2 8 6 9 13 11 19 23 23 4 21 33 181 47 Pennsylvania State University World Campus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 35 50 65 180 48 The University of Tennessee Knoxville 11 14 10 12 11 9 30 17 14 12 6 9 13 12 180 49 University of Kentucky 6 7 21 2 16 17 10 5 12 8 28 20 11 12 175 50 Louisiana State University and A&M College 9 14 19 9 15 15 9 11 7 15 11 10 22 6 172 51 University of Nebraska Lincoln 0 11 14 15 13 8 9 12 16 19 14 14 14 11 170 52 New Jersey Institute of Technology 4 8 8 16 14 10 7 15 11 9 19 13 22 13 169 53 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 7 2 9 10 2 1 2 9 26 21 30 21 25 169 54 Yale University 6 6 9 9 12 9 17 23 15 11 10 13 12 14 166 55 The University of Texas at Austin 7 6 11 11 9 10 5 15 10 11 18 14 19 19 165 56 Western Michigan University 9 6 5 15 8 13 7 10 9 15 13 8 16 23 157 57 Brigham Young University Provo 10 9 6 10 14 13 9 8 8 14 9 15 12 14 151 58 University of Akron Main Campus 6 8 15 8 4 10 8 10 18 8 6 12 17 20 150 59 Washington State University 4 6 10 4 11 14 19 12 15 8 11 17 8 8 147 60 Northern Illinois University 3 9 9 13 6 6 17 6 11 12 12 10 17 12 143 61 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 20 13 17 25 24 29 141 62 University of Maryland College Park 9 12 2 5 3 1 8 15 8 20 10 16 9 17 135 63 SUNY at Albany 17 17 7 8 4 9 7 8 11 8 11 13 4 10 134
64 The University of Texas at San Antonio 1 10 7 11 8 5 14 7 11 9 12 10 15 12 132 65 University of Washington Seattle Campus 6 5 6 10 2 10 1 9 7 14 11 11 18 22 132 66 Arizona State University Tempe 7 8 10 5 6 3 4 11 9 10 11 11 13 22 130 67 Kansas State University 10 5 12 12 8 4 5 9 15 12 18 7 9 4 130 68 Duke University 4 3 4 2 6 4 13 4 11 11 11 8 17 29 127 69 Southern Methodist University 2 6 3 7 3 1 8 2 6 7 16 21 13 29 124 70 CUNY Hunter College 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 19 18 26 17 24 9 123 71 University of California Riverside 5 5 7 6 7 12 18 9 6 4 14 14 9 7 123 72 The University of Alabama 0 0 9 6 6 9 13 14 10 4 8 14 17 11 121 73 University of Cincinnati Main Campus 0 0 0 0 12 12 18 14 5 4 15 15 14 10 119 74 University of Pennsylvania 5 6 2 4 8 6 0 4 7 7 4 16 17 33 119 75 Syracuse University 6 6 6 8 2 2 8 4 8 5 13 24 18 5 115 76 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus 7 6 3 9 9 12 11 6 7 9 12 9 11 4 115 77 University of New Mexico Main Campus 9 10 8 9 11 12 3 11 6 2 2 12 5 13 113 78 Auburn University 4 7 3 7 9 7 4 9 6 8 11 9 18 10 112 79 Texas Tech University 4 4 7 5 4 4 6 6 15 12 11 8 15 11 112 80 University of California Irvine 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 7 7 13 13 11 18 29 108 81 Loyola University Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 10 12 11 19 17 22 107 82 University of Idaho 9 11 5 9 5 7 7 5 5 9 4 5 8 16 105 83 University of California San Diego 0 4 2 6 2 9 6 3 11 10 14 16 7 13 103 84 Bowling Green State University Main Campus 11 4 8 11 2 4 6 2 3 2 2 6 24 17 102 85 California State University Long Beach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 18 28 15 22 100 86 University of South Carolina Columbia 4 5 11 7 9 7 4 15 2 5 6 5 11 9 100 87 University of Southern California 3 7 4 4 9 4 7 10 6 11 17 6 3 9 100 88 University of Arkansas 4 7 6 7 7 5 5 8 8 8 6 12 8 8 99 89 Temple University 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 8 8 9 14 15 10 10 89 90 Wright State University Main Campus 2 5 4 9 7 6 4 6 8 1 10 7 12 8 89 91 University of Maryland Baltimore County 2 4 4 2 8 6 9 9 8 9 12 2 9 4 88 92 North Dakota State University Main Campus 1 7 4 1 6 9 5 4 7 8 9 5 12 9 87 93 Miami University Oxford 6 5 5 6 3 3 3 6 5 9 7 11 13 4 86 94 Indiana University Bloomington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 6 7 14 27 21 85 95 The University of Texas at Dallas 5 4 6 9 4 8 6 4 8 6 3 4 1 17 85 96 Sam Houston State University 0 4 3 7 4 5 10 7 5 6 7 7 10 6 81
97 Ball State University 2 7 2 4 3 3 3 7 8 5 8 11 9 8 80 98 Utah State University 3 7 6 5 4 2 12 7 9 5 3 5 5 7 80 99 Mississippi State University 6 5 8 1 3 4 7 5 6 10 4 6 7 5 77 100 American University 4 4 3 2 6 7 4 4 6 1 7 6 11 11 76 101 Wayne State University 1 4 7 5 5 5 3 6 5 9 8 13 1 4 76 102 Portland State University 2 2 3 4 7 4 8 6 10 3 4 5 10 6 74 103 San Jose State University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 27 17 67 104 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3 4 4 7 5 1 5 3 3 4 7 6 10 5 67 105 University of Houston Clear Lake 3 3 4 7 7 3 6 7 4 2 2 5 5 8 66 106 New Mexico State University Main Campus 5 5 3 5 7 4 4 3 2 5 6 6 7 3 65 107 University of Southern Maine 2 5 2 2 4 5 8 4 4 2 7 3 9 5 62 108 Baylor University 0 5 6 7 4 10 7 4 3 4 5 0 2 3 60 109 Lehigh University 3 3 6 3 2 2 6 3 5 6 2 5 5 9 60 110 New York University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 41 60 111 University of South Florida Main Campus 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 13 7 9 6 9 6 60 112 The University of Texas at El Paso 1 5 3 3 3 2 3 7 1 10 4 5 4 8 59 113 Oklahoma State University Main Campus 6 2 2 7 5 4 3 5 4 4 2 4 2 5 55 114 Montclair State University 2 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 1 7 7 3 4 8 54 115 University of Vermont 2 3 3 4 2 3 1 8 4 3 4 6 5 4 52 116 Florida International University 3 1 1 2 3 2 4 4 1 8 5 5 7 5 51 117 Kennesaw State University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 26 51 118 University of Wyoming 1 6 8 1 1 3 3 2 4 2 6 5 3 5 50 119 Northern Arizona University 0 5 2 2 4 5 3 1 5 2 4 3 4 9 49 120 University of Rochester 3 2 2 3 3 4 2 4 4 5 4 3 3 7 49 121 Montana State University 7 6 3 4 6 6 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 48 122 Oakland University 3 2 4 3 2 3 5 1 1 4 2 4 4 5 43 123 South Dakota State University 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 7 7 9 6 41 124 Northwestern University 2 2 1 1 4 3 1 0 3 7 3 4 3 4 38 125 Eastern Michigan University 0 4 5 0 1 2 2 2 6 0 5 4 1 5 37 126 Fordham University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 25 37 127 University of Rhode Island 3 2 3 1 3 2 4 2 3 4 0 1 5 2 35 128 Stephen F Austin State University 1 0 2 0 5 2 1 2 5 4 2 1 2 5 32 129 Tulane University of Louisiana 2 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 7 3 32
130 University of Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 4 3 3 7 5 31 131 University of Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 5 5 8 29 132 California State University Fullerton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 6 26 133 Case Western Reserve University 2 0 2 0 2 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 20 134 Washington University in St Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 5 1 4 19 135 Saint Cloud State University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 2 5 17 136 University of the Incarnate Word 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 2 4 0 16 137 Minnesota State University Mankato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 6 13 138 University of Denver 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 139 Boston University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 140 National University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 141 University of Central Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 142 University of Miami 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 143 Eastern Kentucky University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 144 Marquette University 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 145 Stevens Institute of Technology 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 146 University of Utah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 1030 1291 1299 1310 1420 1532 1593 1726 1881 2003 2269 2489 2769 3249 25861 *Data Source: NCES IPEDS 108 112 115 112 119 119 123 126 129 128 131 131 136 137 146