Best Statistician programs in Idaho, ranked by enrollment
Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information.
9 schools in Idaho run programs that feed this job, graduating 514 people a year. The job pays a median of — in Idaho across about 160 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Idaho that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
11 programs in Idaho that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Idaho (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 Idaho page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 30.7102In Idaho → | 147 | 28.6% | 3 | — | — |
| 2 | CIP 30.7101In Idaho → | 120 | 23.3% | 2 | — | — |
| 3 | CIP 27.0101In Idaho → | 61 | 11.9% | 8 | $48,772 | $21,544 |
| 4 | CIP 30.7001In Idaho → | 54 | 10.5% | 2 | — | — |
| 5 | CIP 45.0603In Idaho → | 32 | 6.2% | 4 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 6 | Statistics, Generalmain feeder CIP 27.0501In Idaho → | 31 | 6.0% | 2 | $59,718 | $20,150 |
| 7 | Applied Statistics, Generalmain feeder CIP 27.0601In Idaho → | 30 | 5.8% | 1 | — | — |
| 8 | CIP 27.0301In Idaho → | 27 | 5.3% | 3 | $60,930 | $21,143 |
| 9 | CIP 26.1102In Idaho → | 5 | 1.0% | 1 | $72,338 | $18,500 |
| 10 | CIP 52.1302In Idaho → | 5 | 1.0% | 1 | $62,069 | $23,500 |
| 11 | CIP 45.0102In Idaho → | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
Top 9 schools in Idaho
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 9 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigham Young University - Idaho Rexburg, ID Private not-for-profit · 8 feeder programs | 311 | Data Analytics, General | — | 55% | $6,760 | 96% |
| 2 | Boise State University Boise, ID Public · 6 feeder programs | 123 | Business Analytics | — | 60% | — | 87% |
| 3 | University of Idaho Moscow, ID Public · 5 feeder programs | 54 | Statistics, General | — | 57% | — | 76% |
| 4 | Idaho State University Pocatello, ID Public · 3 feeder programs | 7 | Mathematics, General | — | 39% | — | — |
| 5 | Northwest Nazarene University Nampa, ID Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 7 | Business Analytics | — | 71% | $24,681 | 65% |
| 6 | College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls, ID Public · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Mathematics, General | — | 33% | — | — |
| 7 | College of Western Idaho Nampa, ID Public · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Business Statistics | — | 31% | — | — |
| 8 | North Idaho College Coeur d'Alene, ID Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Mathematics, General | — | 38% | — | — |
| 9 | The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Mathematics, General | — | 63% | $19,578 | 49% |
All 9 schools in Idaho
Every school in Idaho 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University - Idaho | Rexburg | Private not-for-profit | 311 | 8 |
| Boise State University | Boise | Public | 123 | 6 |
| University of Idaho | Moscow | Public | 54 | 5 |
| Idaho State University | Pocatello | Public | 7 | 3 |
| Northwest Nazarene University | Nampa | Private not-for-profit | 7 | 2 |
| College of Southern Idaho | Twin Falls | Public | 5 | 1 |
| College of Western Idaho | Nampa | Public | 5 | 1 |
| North Idaho College | Coeur d'Alene | Public | 1 | 1 |
| The College of Idaho | Caldwell | Private not-for-profit | 1 | 1 |
What statisticians earn in Idaho
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
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 Idaho
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 Idaho.
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 Analytics, which awarded 147 degrees in Idaho in 2024-25, 28.6% 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 11 programs to this occupation. The largest are Data Analytics, Mathematics, Data Science, Economics, plus 6 more. Together they graduate about 514 people a year in Idaho.
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 Idaho?+
9 institutions in Idaho reported graduates from at least one of the 11 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.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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