2022 Best Value Biostatistics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biostatistics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biostatistics is the 422nd most popular major in the country with 1,235 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 77 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biostatistics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biostatistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biostatistics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biostatistics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biostatistics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biostatistics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biostatistics in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biostatistics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s biostatistics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biostatistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMass Amherst Biostatistics Report

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biostatistics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. Harvard is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biostatistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Biostatistics at Harvard

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biostatistics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s biostatistics degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biostatistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biostatistics at Boston University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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