Career Outcomes for Biostatistics Students

Michigan Biostatistics graduates have great job opportunities across a number of fields and industries including higher education, research, pharmaceuticals, government organizations, hospitals, medicine, and health care, and private industry. They pursue careers in biostatistics that transform public health issues large and small, from pandemics to cancer treatments and public policy.


This data was collected from a self-report survey of 2025 graduates from the Department of Biostatistics, administered by the Michigan Public Health Careers Office. This survey had a 73% response rate among Biostatistics graduates.

89% 
of our 2025 graduates are employed or pursuing an advanced degree
100%
report satisfaction or high satisfaction in their job

Among the graduates who responded, 54% indicated that they are employed and 35% indicated that they are currently pursuing an advanced degree, such as a Doctorate.

Where Our Graduates Are Working

Example Employers

  • AbbVie
  • Amazon
  • Boston Scientific
  • Chelsea Football Club
  • Columbia Data Analytics
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Epic Systems
  • Medpace
  • Novo Nordisk

Example Job Titles

  • Senior Statistician, AbbVie
  • Senior Statistician, AbbVie
  • Senior Statistician, AbbVie
  • Software Dev Engineer, Amazon
  • Credit Risk Analyst, Bank of Ningbo
  • Biostatistician II, Boston Scientific
  • Business Representative & Data Analyst, Brix
  • Statistical Analyst I, tigermed bdm
  • Data Scientist, Chelsea Football Club
  • Junior Programmer, Columbia Data Analytics
  • Advisor, Statistics, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Sr. Computational Statistician, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Technical Solutions Engineer, Epic Systems
  • Biostatistician I, LLX Solutions LLC
  • Biostatistician I, Medpace
  • Senior Manager in Real World Data Science, Novo Nordisk
  • General AI Data Annotator, RWS Group
  • Senior Biostatistician, Servier
  • Data Scientist, StackAdapt

Example Employers

  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Yale School of Public Health

Example Job Titles

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Software Engineer, Huawei 2012 lab
  • Biostatistician Research Assistant, University of Michigan
  • Research Assistant, Texas A&M University
  • Research Support Specialist, The Research Foundation for The State
  • University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Research Assistant, University of California Los Angeles
  • Research Scientist - Biostatistician, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Research Analyst. University of Michigan
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
  • Research Assistant, University of Michigan - School of Public Health
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
  • Healthcare AI/NLP Researcher, University of Pittsburgh
  • Assistant Professor Tenure-Track Faculty, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
  • Research Fellow, University of Michigan - Center for Academic Innovation (CAI)
  • Research Assistant, Westlake University
  • Statistician, Yale School of Public Health

Example Employers

  • Children’s Mercy Hospital
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Michigan Medicine

Example Job Titles

  • Biostatistician, Children’s Mercy Hospital
  • Statistician Intermediate, Michigan Medicine
  • Clinical Informations Analyst, Michigan Medicine

Example Job Titles

  • Mathematics Tutor, Saga Education

Example Job Titles

  • Data Engineer, Michigan Supreme Court

Overall Median Salary Reported by 2025 Graduates: $80,000

Biostatistics graduates pursue a wide range of careers across industries and organizations. Salary varies based on position, experience, and sector.

Of the 17 graduates who are employed in the workforce and responded to this question, the minimum salary reported was $45,000 and the maximum salary reported was $108,000.