Is a Statistics degree worth it?
Across 32 schools, graduates of Statistics earn a median $93,268 five years out on $19,500 of debt — most often working as Data Scientists. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$93,268
Median debt
$19,500
Years to pay off
2.1
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
63%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+20.9%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
19.5%
$95,856 vs $77,163
Net price
$18,499/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$27,258
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Statistics in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.