Biostatistics at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 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.

WUSTL Biostatistics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Biostatistics

WUSTL Biostatistics Rankings

Biostatistics Student Demographics at WUSTL

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

WUSTL Biostatistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of biostatistics master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in biostatistics each year. WUSTL does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Bioinformatics
• 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.