DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS NO. 1 NATIONALLY IN PH.D. GRADUATES

DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 3 -- North Carolina State University issued the following press release:

The Department of Statistics at NC State remains the nation's top producer of Ph.D. graduates, according to recently released data from the American Statistical Association (ASA).

The department graduated 20 statistics Ph.D. students in 2025 - the most of any university in the country. More broadly, from 2003 to 2025, 444 students graduated with a doctoral degree in statistics from NC State - 120 more than the second-highest producer, Iowa State University.

During the same 22-year period ending in 2025, NC State ranked 11th for master's degree graduates in statistics with 1,062 and 17th for bachelor's degree graduates with 985.

NC State's leadin...