2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in Texas
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Biostatistics is the 382nd most popular major in the country with 1,330 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Texas, there were 38 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,412 and $101,824 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biostatistics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biostatistics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in Texas
The colleges and universities below are the best for texas doctor’s degree biostatistics students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biostatistics in Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in Texas list. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s biostatistics degrees to qualified students.
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 full report on Biostatistics at UTHealth
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biostatistics Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s biostatistics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Biostatistics at SMU
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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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