2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biostatistics in the New England Region
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Biostatistics is the 382nd most popular major in the country with 1,275 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 174 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in biostatistics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biostatistics.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree biostatistics students.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biostatistics in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in the New England Region list. Harvard is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 17 doctorate’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Biostatistics at Harvard University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in the New England Region. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Biostatistics at Boston University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in the New England Region list. Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s biostatistics degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full Brown University Biostatistics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in the New England Region. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full UMass Amherst Biostatistics Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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