Biostatistics at Saint Louis University

If you are interested in studying biostatistics, you may want to check out the program at Saint Louis University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 12,229.

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

SLU Biostatistics Degrees Available

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

SLU Biostatistics Rankings

The biostatistics major at SLU 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 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in biostatistics, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biostatistics Student Demographics at SLU

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

SLU Biostatistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biostatistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical biostatistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at SLU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biostatistics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SLU Biostatistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of biostatistics master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in biostatistics each year. SLU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a biostatistics master's degree from SLU, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Bioinformatics

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 MO, the home state for Saint Louis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Health Specialties Professors	4,710	$148,840
Medical Scientists	1,830	$70,510
Statisticians	860	$71,150
Natural Sciences Managers	670	$116,190
Biological Scientists	510	$67,290

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 LouisianHTM under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.