Hardest STATS classes at UMich

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

1. STATS 412: Intro Prob Stat Average GPA 2.98, 1,041 students
2. STATS 426: Intro to Theo Stat Average GPA 3.33, 633 students
3. STATS 485: Capstone Seminar Average GPA 3.35, 424 students
4. STATS 413: Appl Regression Average GPA 3.38, 1,059 students
5. STATS 206: Intro Data Science Average GPA 3.38, 224 students
6. STATS 449: Topics in Biostat Average GPA 3.39, 401 students
7. STATS 250: Intr Stat&Data Anlys Average GPA 3.43, 10,452 students
8. STATS 315: Statistics & AI Average GPA 3.47, 199 students
9. STATS 451: Bayesian Data Analy Average GPA 3.51, 182 students
10. STATS 510: Prob Dist Theory Average GPA 3.53, 289 students
11. STATS 415: Data Mining Average GPA 3.53, 166 students
12. STATS 506: Comp Methods&tools Average GPA 3.60, 129 students
13. STATS 280: Honors Intro Stats Average GPA 3.62, 388 students
14. STATS 306: Stat Computing Average GPA 3.65, 427 students
15. STATS 401: Appl Stat Meth II Average GPA 3.66, 716 students
16. STATS 500: Regression Analysis Average GPA 3.71, 467 students
17. STATS 551: Bayesian Modeling Average GPA 3.73, 119 students
18. STATS 503: Stat Machine Lrning Average GPA 3.74, 221 students
19. STATS 531: Analysis Time Series Average GPA 3.75, 119 students
20. STATS 509: Stats for Fin Data Average GPA 3.76, 157 students
21. STATS 507: Data Sci in Python Average GPA 3.77, 298 students
22. STATS 511: Intro to Stat Theory Average GPA 3.81, 297 students
23. STATS 601: Adv Stat Learning Average GPA 3.83, 105 students
24. STATS 504: Prac Comm Appl Stat Average GPA 3.87, 179 students

See also: Easiest classes, UMich course catalog, STATS course catalog.