There are several opportunities available to students during the program, as well as career options available after graduation.
Master of Biostatistics Career Outcomes
Internships
- 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.
Industries
- Tech
- Pharma
- Government
- Higher Ed
- Clinical Research
Salaries
Starting Salary for MB '24
- Avg. $88,000
- Up to $125,000
Additionally:
- Relocation Packages
- Retirement Matching
- Signing Bonuses
- Stock Options
- Health Insurance
Professional Development
- 2 semesters of career coursework
- 1:1 advising
- Resume & cover letter reviews
- Industry panels
- PhD application prep
- Interview prep
The only Biostats program in the U.S. with a dedicated career coach
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
Jobs
- Am. Heart Assn.
- Boston Children’s
- 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
Annually 25 - 30% attend a
PhD program after graduation
PhD Programs
- Duke (Biostatistics) & (Comp. Bio)
- Boston U.
- Carnegie Mellon
- Colorado
- NYU
- Penn State
- Purdue
- Stanford
- Texas
- UNC - Chapel Hill
- UPenn
- Pitt
- USC (California)
- U. of Washington
- Wisconsin
- Vanderbilt
- Yale
