Best Statistician programs in Connecticut, ranked by enrollment
Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information.
19 schools in Connecticut run programs that feed this job, graduating 2,534 people a year. The job pays a median of $102,860 in Connecticut across about 490 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Connecticut that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
17 programs in Connecticut that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Connecticut (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Connecticut page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.1302In Connecticut → | 873 | 34.5% | 4 | $62,069 | $23,500 |
| 2 | CIP 45.0603In Connecticut → | 534 | 21.1% | 6 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 3 | CIP 30.7102In Connecticut → | 378 | 14.9% | 5 | — | — |
| 4 | CIP 27.0101In Connecticut → | 296 | 11.7% | 17 | $48,772 | $21,544 |
| 5 | Statistics, Generalmain feeder CIP 27.0501In Connecticut → | 186 | 7.3% | 3 | $59,718 | $20,150 |
| 6 | CIP 30.7001In Connecticut → | 61 | 2.4% | 6 | — | — |
| 7 | CIP 26.1311In Connecticut → | 56 | 2.2% | 2 | $29,460 | $23,480 |
| 8 | CIP 27.0301In Connecticut → | 54 | 2.1% | 3 | $60,930 | $21,143 |
| 9 | CIP 26.1102In Connecticut → | 36 | 1.4% | 2 | $72,338 | $18,500 |
| 10 | CIP 27.0304In Connecticut → | 18 | 0.7% | 3 | $60,930 | $21,143 |
| 11 | CIP 45.0103In Connecticut → | 14 | 0.6% | 1 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
| 12 | CIP 45.0102In Connecticut → | 10 | 0.4% | 2 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
| 13 | CIP 13.0603In Connecticut → | 7 | 0.3% | 1 | $33,086 | $26,000 |
| 14 | CIP 30.7199In Connecticut → | 6 | 0.2% | 1 | — | — |
| 15 | CIP 42.2708In Connecticut → | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 16 | Applied Statistics, Generalmain feeder CIP 27.0601In Connecticut → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
| 17 | CIP 30.7099In Connecticut → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
Top 19 schools in Connecticut
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 5 of the 19 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT Public · 12 feeder programs | 555 | Business Analytics | — | 83% | — | 52% |
| 2 | Yale University New Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 525 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $82,617 | 96% | $27,025 | 4% |
| 3 | University of New Haven West Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 436 | Business Statistics | — | 63% | $32,614 | 60% |
| 4 | Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 401 | Business Statistics | — | 73% | $42,705 | 65% |
| 5 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 136 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | — | 93% | $16,467 | 16% |
| 6 | Fairfield University Fairfield, CT Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 127 | Business Analytics | — | 84% | $36,845 | 33% |
| 7 | Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 61 | Business Analytics | — | 76% | $36,137 | 72% |
| 8 | University of Hartford West Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 60 | Business Statistics | — | 54% | $28,311 | 96% |
| 9 | Trinity College Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 48 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $71,191 | 84% | $25,245 | 29% |
| 10 | Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT Public · 3 feeder programs | 47 | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | — | 50% | — | 91% |
| 11 | Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT Public · 3 feeder programs | 42 | Mathematics, General | $48,660 | 48% | — | 73% |
| 12 | Connecticut College New London, CT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 29 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $62,732 | 82% | $27,183 | 37% |
| 13 | Connecticut State Community College New Britain, CT Public · 2 feeder programs | 24 | Mathematics, General | — | 24% | — | — |
| 14 | Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT Public · 2 feeder programs | 23 | Mathematics, General | $45,858 | 58% | — | 83% |
| 15 | University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Mathematics, General | — | 64% | $25,841 | 79% |
| 16 | Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT Public · 2 feeder programs | 5 | Mathematics, General | — | 52% | — | 87% |
| 17 | Albertus Magnus College New Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Mathematics, General | — | 51% | $32,574 | 59% |
| 18 | Post University Waterbury, CT Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Data Science, General | — | 25% | $14,659 | — |
| 19 | University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Mathematics, General | — | 41% | $25,149 | 83% |
All 19 schools in Connecticut
Every school in Connecticut with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Connecticut | Storrs | Public | 555 | 12 |
| Yale University | New Haven | Private not-for-profit | 525 | 5 |
| University of New Haven | West Haven | Private not-for-profit | 436 | 3 |
| Sacred Heart University | Fairfield | Private not-for-profit | 401 | 4 |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown | Private not-for-profit | 136 | 2 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield | Private not-for-profit | 127 | 5 |
| Quinnipiac University | Hamden | Private not-for-profit | 61 | 3 |
| University of Hartford | West Hartford | Private not-for-profit | 60 | 4 |
| Trinity College | Hartford | Private not-for-profit | 48 | 2 |
| Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven | Public | 47 | 3 |
| Central Connecticut State University | New Britain | Public | 42 | 3 |
| Connecticut College | New London | Private not-for-profit | 29 | 3 |
| Connecticut State Community College | New Britain | Public | 24 | 2 |
| Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic | Public | 23 | 2 |
| University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford | Private not-for-profit | 6 | 1 |
What statisticians earn in Connecticut
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $105,650. Connecticut pays below the national figure.
Concentrated here: Connecticut employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in Connecticut
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Statisticians page.
How to become a Statistician
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Connecticut
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Statisticians25 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 13.0603Educational Statistics and Research Methods
- 13.0604Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
- 13.0608Institutional Research
- 13.0699Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other
- 26.1101Biometry/Biometrics
- 26.1102Biostatistics
- 26.1311Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- 27.0101Mathematics, General
- 27.0301Applied Mathematics, General
- 27.0304Computational and Applied Mathematics
- 27.0501Statistics, General
- 27.0502Mathematical Statistics and Probability
- 27.0503Mathematics and Statistics
- 27.0599Statistics, Other
- 27.0601Applied Statistics, General
- 30.4901Mathematical Economics
- 30.7001Data Science, General
- 30.7099Data Science, Other
- 30.7101Data Analytics, General
- 30.7102Business Analytics
- 30.7199Data Analytics, Other
- 42.2708Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
- 45.0102Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods
- 45.0103Survey Research/Methodology
- 45.0603Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Common questions
Answers for people weighing statisticians programs in Connecticut.
What degree do you need to become a Statistician?+
Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Statistics, which awarded 873 degrees in Connecticut in 2024-25, 34.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Statistician?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 17 programs to this occupation. The largest are Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Economics, Data Analytics, Mathematics, plus 9 more. Together they graduate about 2,534 people a year in Connecticut.
How much do statisticians earn in Connecticut?+
The median is $102,860 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 2.6% below the U.S. median of $105,650. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for statisticians growing?+
BLS projects a +8.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 2,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Connecticut?+
19 institutions in Connecticut reported graduates from at least one of the 17 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do statisticians work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Biometrician, Statistician, Biostatistician, Database Analyst, Research Scientist, Statistical Analyst among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 15-2041.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
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