Career Development

There are several opportunities available to students during the program, as well as career options available after graduation. 
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  • Aetna
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Duke BERD Core
  • Duke/NCSU SIBS
  • Eli Lilly & Co.
  • U.S. FDA
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Medtronic
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital 
  • Nat’l Football League
  • Novartis
  • PharPoint
  • Regeneron
  • United Therapeutics
  • Wake Forest U.
Research Projects on Campus

Duke Centers

  • Duke AI Health
  • Duke Cancer Inst.
  • Center for AIDS Research
  • Clinical Research Inst.
  • Genetics & Genomics
  • Global Health Inst.
  • School of Nursing

SoM Departments

  • Cardiology
  • Dermatology
  • Neurology
  • OB/GYN
  • Pediatrics
  • Pulmonology
  • Radiology
  • Surgery

Career Outcomes

Industries
  • Clinical Research
  • Consulting
  • Government
  • Healthcare
  • Higher Education
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Tech
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  • Am. Heart Assn. 
  • Boston Children’s
  • Capital One
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Dana Farber
  • Duke Cancer Inst.
  • Johns Hopkins U.
  • Genentech
  • GSK 
  • IQVIA
  • Mass. General
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Mem. Sloan Kettering
  • Merck
  • Meta
  • Moderna
  • Parexel
  • PPD
  • SAS
  • U.S. EPA
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Starting Salary for MB '24

  • Avg. $88,000
  • Up to $125,000

Additional Compensation:

  • Relocation Packages
  • Retirement Matching
  • Signing Bonuses
  • Stock Options
  • Health Insurance
PhD Programs

25 - 30% of each class goes on to attend a PhD program

  • Duke U. Biostatistics
  • Duke U. Computational Biology
  • Boston University
  • Carnegie Mellon U. 
  • Case Western Reserve U. 
  • U. of Colorado
  • U. of Florida
  • Georgetown U.
  • George Washington U.
  • U. of Iowa
  • U. of Minnesota
  • North Carolina State U.
  • New York U.
  • Ohio State U.
  • Pennsylvania State U.
  • Purdue U.
  • Rutgers U.
  • Stanford U.
  • U. of Texas at Austin
  • UT Health Houston
  • U. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • U. of Toronto
  • U. of California Santa Barbara
  • U. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • U. of Pennsylvania
  • U. of Pittsburgh
  • University of Southern California
  • U. of Washington
  • U. of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Vanderbilt U.
  • Washington U. In St. Louis
  • Yale U.

 

Professional development
  • 2 semesters of career coursework
  • 1:1 advising
  • Resume & cover letter reviews
  • Industry panels
  • PhD application prep
  • Interview prep

 

Duke has the only Biostats program in the U.S. with a dedicated career coach ​​​​​​​