There are several opportunities available to students during the program, as well as career options available after graduation.
Opportunities Available While At Duke
Duke Centers
- AI Health
- Cancer Institute
- Center for AIDS Research
- Clinical Research Institute
- Genetics & Genomics
- Global Health Institute
- School of Nursing
SOM Departments
- Surgery
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Neurology
- OB/GYN
- Pediatrics
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Aetna
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- CVS Health
- Duke/NCSU SIBS
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- Flatiron Health
- U.S. FDA
- IQVIA
- Johnson & Johnson
- Medtronic
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital
- National Football League
- Novartis
- PharPoint
- Regeneron
- United Therapeutics
- Wake Forest University
Student Outcomes
Graduates are employed in the following industries
- Technology
- Biotech
- Clinical Research
- Consulting
- Government
- Healthcare/Hospitals
- Higher Education
- Pharmaceuticals
Graduates have been employed by the following businesses:
- American Heart Assn.
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- Capital One
- Cleveland Clinic
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Duke Cancer Institute
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- Johns Hopkins University
- Genentech
- GSK
- IQVIA
- SAS
- Mass. General
- Mayo Clinic
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Merck
- Meta
- Moderna
- Parexel
- PharPoint
- PPD
- Rutgers Cancer Institute
25 - 30% of each class goes on to attend a PhD program. Graduates have pursued PhD programs at the following institutions:
- Duke Univ. Biostatistics
- Duke Univ. Computational Biology
- Boston University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- University of Colorado
- University of Florida
- Georgetown University
- George Washington University
- University of Iowa
- University of Minnesota
- North Carolina State University
- New York University
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Rutgers University
- Stanford University
- University of Texas at Austin
- UT Health Houston
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- University of Toronto
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Southern California
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Vanderbilt University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Yale University
Salary
Starting Salary for Master of Biostatistics Graduates 2025
- Avg. $82,000
- Up to $100,000
Additional Compensation:
- Relocation Packages
- Retirement Matching
- Signing Bonuses
- Stock Options
- Health Insurance