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Medical Scientist at Northwestern University

Medical Scientist at Northwestern University

What traits are you looking for in a medical scientist school? To help you decide if Northwestern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical scientist program.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

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

Northwestern Medical Scientist Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

Northwestern Medical Scientist Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in medical scientist, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical scientist majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Medical Scientist Master’s Program

78% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of medical scientist master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 16
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Medical Scientists 3,510 $87,660
Natural Sciences Managers 1,950 $118,480
Epidemiologists 210 $84,810

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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