2025 Best Biostatistics Schools in the Southeast Region
8Colleges in the Southeast Region
326Biostatistics Degrees Awarded
A degree in biostatistics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #382 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Biostatistics Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 326 degrees in biostatistics annually.
Your choice of biostatistics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Biostatistics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Biostatistics Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Biostatistics in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of biostatistics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Duke University if you want to pursue a degree in biostatistics. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 51 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in biostatistics. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were about 77 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.
Vanderbilt University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in biostatistics. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 7 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
George Mason University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in biostatistics. GMU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Fairfax. This university ranks 4th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 3 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 23 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were about 43 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 7 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 32 biostatistics students who graduated with this degree at UofL 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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Your choice of biostatistics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Biostatistics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
