Best Statistician programs in Oklahoma, ranked by enrollment
Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information.
24 schools in Oklahoma run programs that feed this job, graduating 654 people a year. The job pays a median of $89,540 in Oklahoma across about 50 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Oklahoma that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
14 programs in Oklahoma that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Oklahoma (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 Oklahoma page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 27.0101In Oklahoma → | 238 | 36.4% | 22 | $48,772 | $21,544 |
| 2 | CIP 52.1302In Oklahoma → | 162 | 24.8% | 4 | $62,069 | $23,500 |
| 3 | CIP 45.0603In Oklahoma → | 74 | 11.3% | 2 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 4 | CIP 13.0604In Oklahoma → | 62 | 9.5% | 2 | $33,086 | $26,000 |
| 5 | CIP 30.7101In Oklahoma → | 41 | 6.3% | 2 | — | — |
| 6 | Statistics, Generalmain feeder CIP 27.0501In Oklahoma → | 23 | 3.5% | 2 | $59,718 | $20,150 |
| 7 | CIP 27.0304In Oklahoma → | 20 | 3.1% | 2 | $60,930 | $21,143 |
| 8 | CIP 27.0301In Oklahoma → | 13 | 2.0% | 2 | $60,930 | $21,143 |
| 9 | CIP 26.1102In Oklahoma → | 8 | 1.2% | 1 | $72,338 | $18,500 |
| 10 | Applied Statistics, Generalmain feeder CIP 27.0601In Oklahoma → | 4 | 0.6% | 1 | — | — |
| 11 | CIP 30.7102In Oklahoma → | 4 | 0.6% | 1 | — | — |
| 12 | Statistics, Othermain feeder CIP 27.0599In Oklahoma → | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | $59,718 | $20,150 |
| 13 | CIP 30.7001In Oklahoma → | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | — | — |
| 14 | CIP 45.0102In Oklahoma → | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
Top 24 schools in Oklahoma
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 2 of the 24 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Stillwater, OK Public · 6 feeder programs | 162 | Business Statistics | — | 68% | — | 75% |
| 2 | University of Oklahoma - Norman Campus Norman, OK Public · 4 feeder programs | 106 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $52,212 | 75% | — | 77% |
| 3 | Tulsa Community College Tulsa, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 93 | Mathematics, General | — | 28% | — | — |
| 4 | University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK Public · 7 feeder programs | 62 | Business Statistics | — | 37% | — | 78% |
| 5 | Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford, OK Public · 2 feeder programs | 59 | Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement | — | 40% | — | — |
| 6 | University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 44 | Business Statistics | — | 72% | $23,470 | 62% |
| 7 | Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 29 | Data Analytics, General | — | 65% | $22,589 | 77% |
| 8 | Connors State College Warner, OK Public · 2 feeder programs | 20 | Computational and Applied Mathematics | — | 36% | — | — |
| 9 | Western Oklahoma State College Altus, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 18 | Mathematics, General | — | 31% | — | — |
| 10 | Rose State College Midwest City, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 9 | Mathematics, General | — | 20% | — | — |
| 11 | Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Mathematics, General | — | 35% | — | 100% |
| 12 | Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 8 | Mathematics, General | — | 57% | $23,543 | 99% |
| 13 | University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Biostatistics | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Mid - America Christian University Oklahoma City, OK Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 7 | Business Statistics | $45,047 | 44% | $17,088 | 92% |
| 15 | Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Mathematics, General | — | 27% | — | — |
| 16 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University Goodwell, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Mathematics, General | — | 21% | — | — |
| 17 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Mathematics, General | — | 32% | — | 76% |
| 18 | East Central University Ada, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Mathematics, General | — | 34% | — | 58% |
| 19 | Oklahoma Christian University Edmond, OK Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Mathematics, General | — | 56% | $21,964 | 97% |
| 20 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University Bartlesville, OK Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Mathematics, General | — | 35% | $26,671 | 66% |
| 21 | Eastern Oklahoma State College Wilburton, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Mathematics, General | — | 27% | — | — |
| 22 | Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, OK Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Mathematics, General | — | 52% | $23,214 | 49% |
| 23 | Southern Nazarene University Bethany, OK Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Mathematics, General | — | 51% | $19,619 | — |
| 24 | University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Chickasha, OK Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Mathematics, General | — | 44% | — | 66% |
All 24 schools in Oklahoma
Every school in Oklahoma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State University - Main Campus | Stillwater | Public | 162 | 6 |
| University of Oklahoma - Norman Campus | Norman | Public | 106 | 4 |
| Tulsa Community College | Tulsa | Public | 93 | 1 |
| University of Central Oklahoma | Edmond | Public | 62 | 7 |
| Southwestern Oklahoma State University | Weatherford | Public | 59 | 2 |
| University of Tulsa | Tulsa | Private not-for-profit | 44 | 3 |
| Oklahoma City University | Oklahoma City | Private not-for-profit | 29 | 1 |
| Connors State College | Warner | Public | 20 | 2 |
| Western Oklahoma State College | Altus | Public | 18 | 1 |
| Rose State College | Midwest City | Public | 9 | 1 |
| Northeastern State University | Tahlequah | Public | 8 | 1 |
| Oral Roberts University | Tulsa | Private not-for-profit | 8 | 2 |
| University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center | Oklahoma City | Public | 8 | 1 |
| Mid - America Christian University | Oklahoma City | Private not-for-profit | 7 | 2 |
| Oklahoma City Community College | Oklahoma City | Public | 5 | 1 |
What statisticians earn in Oklahoma
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $105,650. Oklahoma pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma.
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 Mathematics, General, which awarded 238 degrees in Oklahoma in 2024-25, 36.4% 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 14 programs to this occupation. The largest are Mathematics, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Economics, Educational Assessment, plus 7 more. Together they graduate about 654 people a year in Oklahoma.
How much do statisticians earn in Oklahoma?+
The median is $89,540 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 15.2% 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 Oklahoma?+
24 institutions in Oklahoma reported graduates from at least one of the 14 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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