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Medical Scientist at Northwestern University

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Medical Scientist at Northwestern University

If you are interested in studying medical scientist, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Scientist section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Medical Scientist Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

Northwestern Medical Scientist Rankings

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There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in medical scientist, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical scientist majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Medical Scientist Master’s Program

72% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 32 medical scientist students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Northwestern, about 28% were men and 72% were women.

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In the medical scientist master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in medical scientist.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 16
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical scientist can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Medical Scientists 3,510 $87,660
Natural Sciences Managers 1,950 $118,480
Epidemiologists 210 $84,810

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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