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Biostatistics
Biostatistics
Turn numbers into answers
Biostatisticians are in high demand
Biostatisticians love working with numbers, make sense of data and are driven to address biological questions.
They apply statistics to public health and health care settings and 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.
Work that matters
As a student, you’ll work with your cohort and professors on relevant research projects, many of which involve other disciplines.
Once you graduate, you will be in high demand.
You can work in health departments, medical schools, non-governmental agencies, CDC and WHO field programs, pharmaceutical companies, high-tech, private industry and more.
Our biostatistics master’s program also serves as a basis for doctoral training in statistics or biostatistics.
Biostatistics program stories
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hitting the genetic jackpot
Your environment – including food choices, exercise habits and sun exposure – contributes the most when it comes to living to an average age. But it is your genes that determine how likely you are to live to an exceptional age.
Accreditation
Our BS, MPH and PhD Public Health programs are accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. This distinction ensures your education meets the nationally-agreed-upon standards developed by public health academics and practitioners.