This page contains key outcome data for the Statistics and Decision Science Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $67,000 (Rank: 30 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $32,000
- Unemployment Rate: 2.90% (Rank: 45 of 171)
- Percent Female: 46.3%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 37.8%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 3.8%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 9.4%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 122 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.1 (Rank: 36 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Actuaries: 7.70% (Average Income: $94,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 7.09% (Average Income: $89,000)
- Mathematical science occupations, : 5.59% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 4.12% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 4.09% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 4.02% (Average Income: $97,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 3.85%
- Management Analysts: 3.45% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.10% (Average Income: $92,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.92% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 1.90% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.83% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Financial Analysts: 1.81% (Average Income: $92,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 1.76% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 1.44% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 1.42% (Average Income: $31,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 1.41% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Computer Programmers: 1.17% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 1.14% (Average Income: $40,000)
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 1.12% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Education, Training, and Library Workers, : 1.08% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents: 1.05% (Average Income: $176,000)
- Claims Adjusters, Appraisers, Examiners, and Investigators: 1.04% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.03% (Average Income: $17,000)
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators: 0.98% (Average Income: $78,000)
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