Statistics and Biostatistics Degree Data

Number of Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral Degrees Awarded for Statistics and Biostatistics Back to 1987

• Statistics* Degrees total and by gender
• Biostatistics Degrees total and by gender
• Biostatistics and Statistics* Degrees Combined total and by gender
• Degree data by race/ethnicity/residency/citizenship, 2011-most recent year
• Data Science Degrees total and by gender, 2020 to most recent year of data available
• Master’s Degrees in Data Science, Data Analytics, and Related Fields, total and # of universities awarding such degrees, 2010 to most recent year

* Applied Statistics degrees included with Statistics degrees starting in 2020 with new 2020 CIP code, 27:06 for Applied Statistics

Universities Awarding Such Degrees

• ASA Directory of Statistics and Biostatistics Programs
• Universities Granting Bachelor’s Degrees in Biostatistics for 2003–most recent year
  
• List of Universities Granting Bachelor’s Degrees in Statistics for 2003–most recent year
• List of Universities Granting Master’s Degrees in Statistics for 2003–most recent year
  
• List of Universities Granting Master’s Degrees in Biostatistics for 2003–most recent year
• List of Universities Granting Master’s Degrees in Business Statistics for 2010–most recent year
• List of Universities Granting PhDs in Statistics for 2003–most recent year
  
• List of Universities Granting PhDs in Biostatistics for 2003–most recent year
  
• List of Universities Offering Master’s Degrees in Data Science, Analytics or Related Programs (2010–Present)
• List of Universities offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in Applied Statistics (new starting 2020)
• List of Universities offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in Data Science (new starting 2020)

Amstat News Annual Reports on New Degree Data

• 2022: Data Analytics, Data Science Degrees See Large Increases in 2022
• 2021: Statistics, Biostatistics Degree Growth Continued in 2021
• 2020: Undergraduate Statistics Degrees Up 474% Since 2010
• 2019: Strong Growth for Statistics and Biostatistics Degrees Continues Through 2019.
• 2018: (Bio)Statistics Bachelor’s Degrees Nearly Quintuple This Decade
• 2017: Highlights from 2017 Degree Release: Bachelor’s Numbers Close in on Master’s
• 2016: Bachelor’s, Master’s Statistics and Biostatistics Degree Growth Strong Through 2016
• 2015: Statistics, Biostatistics Degree Growth Sustained Through 2015
• 2014: Statistics Degrees Continue Strong Growth
• 2013: Bachelor’s Degrees in Statistics Surge Another 20%
• 2012: Undergrad Statistics Degrees Continue Large Increases in 2012
• 2011: Growing Numbers of Stats Degrees

Supplementary Information

• Survey of statistics and biostatistics bachelor’s graduates: class of 2016; classes of 2016 and 2017; class of 2020
• Survey of statistics and biostatistics master’s graduates: class of 2018; class of 2020
• Categorization of Statistics Degrees Through CIP Codes and Growth in Statistics-Related Degrees
• Updated Charts of Number of Universities Granting Statistics and Biostatistics Degrees
• Growth of AP Statistics since 1997
• Postdoc numbers for statistics and the mathematical sciences
• American Mathematical Society Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences