Biostatistics

Turn numbers into answers

If you love working with numbers and are driven to address biological questions, you should consider a degree in Biostatistics.

Biostatisticians apply statistics to public health and health care settings. You will use data to address pressing health topics, such as genetic modeling, bone health, kidney disease, and the links between stressful experiences, health, well-being and cognition.

As a student, you’ll work with your cohort and professors on relevant research projects, many of which collaborate with other disciplines.

Once you graduate, you will be in high demand. You can work in health departments, medical schools, nongovernmental agencies, CDC and WHO field programs, pharmaceutical companies and more. Our biostatistics master’s program also serves as a basis for doctoral training in statistics or biostatistics.

November 22, 2022

MPH in biostatistics paves the way for career success

In 2017, Tho moved from Vietnam to Corvallis, Oregon, to pursue her MPH in biostatistics. Learn about her journey.
September 29, 2022

Study finds higher rates of traumatic injuries for outdoor workers during hotter weather

Results underscore the importance of providing robust safety protections for outdoor workers.
August 18, 2020

Mentors helped him see the possibilities. He took it from there.

In a world where more than ninety-two percent of the world’s population lives below the World Health Organization’s Ambient Air Quality guidelines, Oregon State alumnus Andres Cardenas is searching for answers.
June 9, 2020

Pomp, despite the circumstance

Commencement, like most of life in 2020, looks a little different this spring. Celebrations have moved online, at least until fall, to recognize the college’s 93 graduate students and 359 undergraduate students.
January 17, 2020

College students use more marijuana in states where it’s legal, but they binge drink less

States where marijuana was legalized by 2018, both occasional and frequent use among college students has continued to rise beyond the first year of legalization, suggesting an ongoing trend rather than a brief period of experimentation.
July 18, 2018

Second study finds Oregon college students reporting more marijuana use following legalization

College students at two large public universities in Oregon are reporting more use of marijuana following the drug’s legalization, including among those who are underage, Oregon State University researchers have found.