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Medical Scientist at West Virginia University

Medical Scientist at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU Medical Scientist Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

WVU Medical Scientist Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in medical scientist, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Medical Scientist Master’s Program

57% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of medical scientist master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in medical scientist each year. WVU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

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In the medical scientist master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Medical Scientists 190 $71,850
Epidemiologists 80 $51,910

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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