2025 Best Biostatistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in biostatistics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #84 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of biostatistics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 41 doctor's degrees in biostatistics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Biostatistics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of biostatistics for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to biostatistics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biostatistics students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biostatistics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for biostatistics students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biostatistics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Biostatistics in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in biostatistics.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Biostatistics

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of California - Los Angeles is a wonderful option for students interested in a doctor's degree in biostatistics. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in biostatistics from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

University of California - San Diego is a wonderful option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in biostatistics. UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the city of La Jolla.More information about a doctorate in biostatistics from University of California - San Diego

3

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in biostatistics needs to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in biostatistics from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Best Biostatistics Colleges by State

Explore the best biostatistics colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	381	22
Washington	216	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biostatistics

Biostatistics is one of 4 different types of Biomathematics & Bioinformatics programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Bioinformatics	52
Biomathematics	13
Computational Biology	12

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.