Biostatistics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #382 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biostatistics Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 99 degrees in biostatistics to qualified students.
Your choice of biostatistics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biostatistics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biostatistics Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the biostatistics degree levels they offer.
University of California - Los Angeles is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in biostatistics. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 24 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - San Diego is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in biostatistics. UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. This university ranks 8th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 15 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Southern California is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in biostatistics. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 20 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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