Our data science team at PearUp Chat recently evaluated the height of the guys on our platform and calculated the average height of males at each of the big 10 schools in order to find out where the tallest men study.

The tallest and the shortest

The average height of college students among the big 10 schools is 5’10” (rounded to the nearest inch) with Ohio State’s men ranked the tallest with an average height of 6’1”, and Michigan State being the shortest with an average height of only 5’8”.

What’s driving this large difference?

Although there is no way to be completely sure, our team has a few hypotheses.

It is likely that the athletic enrollment at each school plays a large role. Schools with a higher percentage of athletes might have a higher than average height, since athletes tend to have an above average height compared to the general population.

It is also likely that the users on our platform are an imperfect sample of the overall student population.

It may also be the regional differences in height throughout the country, as previously studied by the Washington Post.

DataScience at PearUp