Biostatistics at Duke University

If you plan to study biostatistics, take a look at what Duke University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biostatistics section at the bottom of this page.

Duke Biostatistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biostatistics
• Master’s Degree in Biostatistics

Duke Biostatistics Rankings

The biostatistics major at Duke is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biostatistics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in biostatistics, making the school the #24 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biostatistics Student Demographics at Duke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biostatistics majors at Duke University.

Duke Biostatistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of biostatistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical biostatistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Duke since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's in biostatistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Duke Biostatistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of biostatistics master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in biostatistics each year. Duke does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a master's in biostatistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Biomathematics

Careers That Biostatistics Grads May Go Into

A degree in biostatistics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Medical Scientists	4,500	$98,740
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Statisticians	1,500	$101,010
Biological Scientists	1,070	$83,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bjoertvedt under License

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