Biostatistics and Health Analytics

The 21st century is the era of "big data." Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data – so much that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. It is estimated that 30% of this data comes from the health care industry. Saint Louis University's Master of Science (M.S.) in Biostatistics and Health Analytics will not only prepare students to handle this data but also apply analytic techniques to answer important research questions related to health and health care.

Learning Outcomes Common to Both Concentrations

• Foundations: Students should be able to apply foundational principles of probability and statistics to develop methods for estimation and hypothesis testing.
• Analysis:  Students will develop statistical models for data and make inferences to answer research questions in public health.
• Communication: Students will describe the process of data collection, and convey the results of statistical analysis, both orally and in writing.

Additional Learning Outcomes for Traditional Biostatistics Concentration 

• Data and computing: Students will use the appropriate software to collect, manage, clean and analyze data.
• Design: Students should be able to design experiments or data collection strategies to answer research questions in public health.

Additional Learning Outcomes for Geospatial and Health Data Analytics Concentration

• Data Management: Students will collect, manage, analyze, and display geospatial health data. 
• Spatial and Spatio-temporal inference: Students will build and analyze models to assess the health of populations across both time and geographic regions. 

• Completed application​
• Undergraduate degree (most successful applicants have an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or better)
• Official transcript from a degree-granting institution
• Statement of purpose (about 500 words)
• Resume or curriculum vitae
• External reference recommendations (encouraged but not required)

Upon admission, a new student must successfully complete a virtual meeting with their academic coach to be enrolled in first term coursework.

• Academic records, in English translation, of students who have undertaken postsecondary studies outside the United States must include the courses taken and/or lectures attended, practical laboratory work, the maximum and minimum grades attainable, the grades earned or the results of all end-of-term examinations, and any honors or degrees received. WES and ECE transcripts are accepted.

Graduates of SLU's M.S. in Biostatistics and Health Analytics will be prepared to work as biostatisticians, data scientists, or data analysts. The number of students in the U.S. who have received master's degrees in biostatistics has increased by seven since 2000. 

Data scientists, biostatisticians and statisticians are often rated as among the nation's top jobs, measured in salary and job satisfaction.

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