Overview

A full-time student may complete our Biostatistics program at University of Maryland in 2 years. Part-time students may take up to 4 years to complete the program. The majority of courses are offered in the evenings. In addition to coursework, all biostatistics master's students are required to complete a 240-hour internship and a capstone project.

Our proximity to the nation’s capital offers students unparalleled opportunities for research experiences in public health, including placements at the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and many other national, state, and local health agencies.

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Our faculty in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics includes individuals with multi-faceted interests in biostatistics, epidemiology, and bioinformatics. Biostatistics faculty apply statistical techniques including survival and longitudinal analysis, computational statistics, statistical analysis of genomic and proteomic data, machine learning, neuroimaging statistics, (network) meta-analysis, missing data analysis, Bayesian hierarchical methods, and bioinformatics to analyze and interpret health data. Epidemiology faculty have research interests and expertise in the epidemiology of infectious disease and chronic disease with particular focus in the areas of HIV/STIs, cancer, health disparities, cardiovascular disease, obesity/physical activity, and sexual and reproductive health. Additional areas of specialization include social and behavioral determinants of health, aging, cultural competency, and community-based interventions.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Core Concepts in Public Health

Foundations of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Public Health Data Laboratory

Leadership, Teams, and Coalitions: Policy to Advocacy

Program and Policy Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

Public Health Ethics

Public Health Data Management

Applied Regression Analysis

Categorical Data Analysis

Longitudinal Data Analysis

Applied Survival Data Analysis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-04 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-03-07 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

45 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

College Park, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

Statement of Purpose
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SOPHAS Application: Applications for this School of Public Health Program must first be submitted through the Public Health application system, www.SOPHAS.org. SPH applicants should only complete the UMD application after their SOPHAS application has been verified and you have been notified to complete the UMD application.
The MPH in Biostatistics program has a two-step application process. Applicants first submit the SOPHAS application (www.sophas.org), the centralized application service for schools and programs of public health (Step 1). Once the SOPHAS application has been verified applicants will submit their UMD Supplemental application (Step 2). Applicants will receive an email from the SPH Admissions team with instructions for how to complete the UMD Supplemental Application. Applications will not be reviewed until both the SOPHAS and UMD Supplemental applications are completed.

Tuition Fees

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42255 USD / year

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42255 USD / year

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19755 USD / year

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Living costs

College Park

United States

1676 - 2838 USD / month

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