Biostatistics at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year.

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

Iowa Biostatistics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Biostatistics

Iowa Biostatistics Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in biostatistics, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biostatistics Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Biostatistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of biostatistics master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in biostatistics each year. Iowa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a biostatistics master's degree from Iowa, 54% 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 University of Iowa with a master's in biostatistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Health Specialties Professors	2,760	$156,320
Medical Scientists	870	$67,730
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$127,440
Statisticians	310	$74,430
Biological Scientists	260	$62,320

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.