Biostatistics

A program that focuses on the application of descriptive and inferential statistics to biomedical research and clinical, public health, and industrial issues related to human populations. Includes instruction in mathematical statistics, modeling, clinical trials methodology, disease and survival analysis, longitudinal analysis, missing data analysis, spatial analysis, computer tomography, biostatistics consulting, and applications to such topics as genetics, oncology, pharmacokinetics, physiology, neurobiology, and biophysics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 91 institutions across the United States, with a total of 4830 degrees awarded annually.

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,130

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

344

degrees awarded

Other Awards

3,220

awards given

Top Schools for Biostatistics

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	711
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	318
3	New York University New York, NY	276
4	Duke University Durham, NC	258
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	252
6	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	207
7	Boston University Boston, MA	192
8	Emory University Atlanta, GA	165
9	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	114
10	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	105
11	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	105
12	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	93
13	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	84
14	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	81
15	Brown University Providence, RI	81
16	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	81
17	Yale University New Haven, CT	78
18	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	75
19	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	72
20	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	66
21	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	60
22	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	60
23	George Washington University Washington, DC	57
24	Georgetown University Washington, DC	57
25	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	54
26	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	51
27	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	48
28	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	48
29	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	48
30	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	45
31	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	36
32	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	36
33	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	33
34	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	30
35	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	27
36	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	27
37	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	27
38	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	27
39	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	24
40	New York Medical College Valhalla, NY	24
41	University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR	24
42	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	24
43	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	24
44	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	21
45	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	21
46	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	21
47	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	21
48	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	21
49	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	18
50	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	18
51	Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR	18
52	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	18
53	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	18
54	Portland State University Portland, OR	18
55	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	15
56	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	15
57	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA	15
58	University of Mississippi University, MS	15
59	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	15
60	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	15
61	University at Albany Albany, NY	12
62	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	12
63	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	12
64	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	12
65	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	12
66	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	12
67	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	12
68	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	12
69	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	9
70	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	9
71	Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI	9
72	Augusta University Augusta, GA	9
73	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA	9
74	University of Scranton Scranton, PA	6
75	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	6
76	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	6
77	University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, TX	6
78	University of Georgia Athens, GA	6
79	University of Delaware Newark, DE	6
80	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY	6
81	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	6
82	Jackson State University Jackson, MS	6
83	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	3
84	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	3
85	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	3
86	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	3
87	Emmanuel College Boston, MA	3
88	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	3
89	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	3
90	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	3
91	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	3