Statistics at Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · Bachelor's Degree · about 130 graduates a year

$63,671
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$96,164
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$92,425
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#19 of 50
Rank by pay
#22 of 50
Rank, wage-adjusted
$10,312
Median federal debt

Brigham Young University graduates in statistics earn 4% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 11% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Brigham Young University Compares for Statistics

All 50 colleges reporting statistics earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Harvard University Cambridge, MA$230,876$203,310#1$141,116
2Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA$156,743$159,409#3$93,111
3Duke University Durham, NC$152,782$163,957#2$97,197
4University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA$133,986$121,918#6$83,227
5University of Chicago Chicago, IL$130,189$127,910#5$82,681
6University of Iowa Iowa City, IA$123,676$130,092#4$75,095
7Northwestern University Evanston, IL$122,682$120,534#7$77,917
8Cornell University Ithaca, NY$111,090$105,735#10$82,531
9University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI$109,466$115,419#8$64,371
10University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA$109,017$99,198#14$59,718
…
16University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI$99,210$103,233#13$64,684
17University of Florida Gainesville, FL$98,409$104,744#11$59,619
18University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA$96,746$88,033#25$36,676
19Brigham Young University Provo, UT$96,164$91,141#22$63,671
20Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA$94,300$85,869#28$62,598
21Michigan State University East Lansing, MI$93,930$99,038#15$63,649
22Emory University Atlanta, GA$93,446$96,736#17$60,714

Other Majors at Brigham Young University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer Science$142,800$90,625#39 of 349
Computer Engineering$133,111$88,785#21 of 189
Finance and Financial Management Services$129,879$83,876#12 of 452
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$118,606$83,533#4 of 99
Business/Managerial Economics$117,015$75,227#4 of 84
Computer and Information Sciences$113,338$80,934#70 of 459
Marketing$112,596$64,256#1 of 516
Business Administration, Management and Operations$105,544$71,163#24 of 1176
Chemical Engineering$101,726$77,565#42 of 158
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$99,774$77,060#110 of 258
Construction Management$98,073$73,678#18 of 57
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$97,085$64,061#4 of 67
Accounting and Related Services$96,632$68,393#70 of 796
Human Resources Management and Services$96,354$59,842#6 of 187
Economics$95,227$63,332#83 of 368
Manufacturing Engineering$92,122$69,520#5 of 15
Mechanical Engineering$90,634$67,668#170 of 318
Political Science and Government$83,209$47,020#32 of 565
Civil Engineering$81,928$68,685#162 of 233
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$80,841$51,436#9 of 178
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods—$79,777—
Graphic Communications$73,941$38,725#4 of 59
Physics$73,747$68,664#76 of 107
International Relations and National Security Studies$71,622$50,563#37 of 118
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services$71,066$46,439#1 of 12
Communication and Media Studies$68,843$46,747#60 of 660
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences$68,321$25,101#17 of 64
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology—$68,084—
Housing and Human Environments—$67,737—
Area Studies$67,310$37,019#15 of 70

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Brigham Young University statistics graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $63,671 one year after graduating and $96,164 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Brigham Young University rank for statistics?

Among 50 colleges reporting earnings for statistics graduates, Brigham Young University ranks #19 by median pay four years after graduation, and #22 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is statistics at Brigham Young University worth it?

Its graduates earn 4% more than the national median for statistics ($92,425), and the median federal debt at graduation is $10,312.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.